§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the design, build, finance and operate road contracts he expects to have let by April 1997, indicating for each the construction, non-maintenance projects he expects to have begun within these contracts by April 1997. [24775]
§ Mr. WattsTo date, four design, build, finance and operate projects have been let to the private sector
A69 Carlisle to Newcastle DBFO Project, which includes the A69 Haltwhistle bypass scheme;M1–A1 Yorkshire link DBFO project, which includes the M1–A1 link road: Lofthouse to Bramham scheme;A1(M) Alconbury to Peterborough DBFO project, which includes the A1(M) Alconbury to Peterborough improvement scheme;A419/A417 Swindon to Gloucester DBFO project, which includes the A419–A417 Cirencester and Stratton bypass scheme, A417 north of Stratton to Nettleton improvement scheme and A419 Latton bypass scheme.Construction on these six schemes within the four DBFO projects will start in the 1996–97 construction season.
A further four DBFO projects remain on course to be let by the late spring. Contracts for these projects are currently being negotiated with private companies. It is reasonable to expect that construction of the schemes encompassed by these four projects will have begun by April 1997, assuming that negotiations deliver bids which are good value for money. These projects are:
A168–A19 Dishforth to Tyne tunnel DBFO project, which includes the A19 Norton to Parkway interchange improvement scheme;A30–A35 Exeter to Bere Regis DBFO Project, which includes the A30 Honiton to Exeter improvement scheme and A25 Tolpuddle to Puddletown bypass scheme;A50–A564 Stoke to Derby link DBFO project, which includes the A564 Doveridge bypass scheme;M40 Junctions 1 to 15 DBFO project, which includes the M40 junction 1A to 3 widening scheme.