§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the volume of traffic on each identifiable stretch of the A76 for comparable periods during the past five years. [27377]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the following table. It has been supplied from records extracted from various automatic traffic counters666W located on the route in question. Due to the nature of the counting "regimes" of Dumfries and Galloway regional council and of Strathclyde regional council, which manage the counters on behalf of the Scottish Office, there is little continuous counting. The table therefore does not contain data for all stretches for all years and reflects some seasonal variation. However, examination of some of the more permanent sites suggest that the variation is not significant. The Scottish Office published in October of last year a pamphlet on the on-going A76 route action plan.
Annual average daily flows "Route "and Counter location 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Dumfries-Thomhill A76 north of A75 — 17,776 — 18,258 18,929 A76 Newbridge — — — — 8,011 A76 Monks Lodge — — — — 5,499 A76 N/W of Auldridge — — — — 5,632 Thornhill-Carronbridge A76 S/E of Carronbridge — — — — 4,807 Carronbridge-Cumnock A76 Mennock — — 2,737 3,401 2,111 A76 Reyhill Farm — — — — 4,017 A76 Gateshead Cottages — — — — 4,899 A76 Polshill 3,653 — — — — Cumnock-Kilmarnock A76 Little Heateth 7,532 7,005 — — — A76 Cumnock bypass (S of A70)1 — — — — 4,701 A76 Cumnock bypass (N of A70)1 — — — — 5,371 A76 south of Mauchline1 — — — — 8,856 A76 north of Mauchline1 — — — — 8,438 A76 Bellfield to A7191 — — — — 9,127 1 Figures based on 12 hour counts (factored up to provide annual average daily flows) carried out in October 1994.