§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each road scheme under construction the projected costs and the actual costs in the same format as in the answer of 16 October 1995,Official Report, columns 75–80. [6871]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency to write to my right hon. Friend.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Ms Joan Walley, dated 11 July 1997:
As you know, the Minister of Transport in London, Miss Glenda Jackson, has asked the Agency to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning road schemes under construction. Lawrie Haynes, Chief Executive, has asked me to reply as he is away from the office at present.You asked for details of projected costs for each of these schemes together with actual costs. As these schemes are currently under construction and consequently final accounts have not been agreed with the contractors concerned, it is not possible to supply the actual costs. To publish estimates of the final outturns would pre-empt discussions still in progress with the contractors concerned. I therefore enclose a list of all schemes currently under construction with details of their tender costs.The Procurement strategy which the Agency announced on 24 June 1997 is aimed at improving cost control of our projects.642W
Route Scheme Tender cost £m M1/M621 Link Road, Leeds MB 15.44 M5 J18–19 Widening, City of Bristol, North West Somerset 50.00 M25 J8–10 Widening, Surrey 93.39 M65 Blackburn Southern Bypass Contract 1, Lancashire 65.86 M65 Blackburn Southern Bypass Contract 2, Lancashire 79.95 M66 Denton-Middleton Contract 1, Tameside MB, Oldham MB 101.88 M66 Demon-Middleton Contract 2, Oldham MB, Manchester MB 48.93 A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Contract 1, LB Hackney, Waltham Forest, Newham 25.26 A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Contract 2, Waltham Forest, Newham 78.91 A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Contract 3, Waltham Forest 32.02 A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Contract 4, Redbridge, Waltham Forest 31.56 A13 Wennington-Mar Dyke, Essex, Havering MB 30.82 A13 West of Heathway-Thames Avenue Imp, LB Barking and Dagenham 50.90 A16 Market Deeping/Deeping St. James Bypass 7.10
Route Scheme Tender cost £m A34 Newbury Bypass, Berkshire, Hampshire 73.71 A50 Blythe Bridge-Queensway Phase 2, Staffordshire 21.31 A406 Silver Street-Fore Street Imp. LB Enfield 36.63 A564 Derby Southern Bypass and Derby Spur Contract A, Derbyshire, Leicestershire 109.53