M3 (Bar End-Compton)

HC Deb 18 July 1995 vol 263 cc1014-5W

Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the most recent estimate he has made of the number of vehicles using the M3, Bar End-Compton section. [35228]

Mr. Watts

This is an operational matter for the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. John Denham, dated 11 July 1995: As you know, the Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the number of vehicles using the M3, Bar End-Compton section. In the week beginning 3 July 1995, about 684,000 vehicles used the section of M3 between junctions 10 and 11 (an average of about 97,700 vehicles per day).