§ Mrs. OrganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research his Department has carried out into the impact of the completion of the A419 in Gloucestershire on traffic flows. [24866]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonTraffic studies were carried out in accordance with the Department's Traffic Appraisal Manual for the schemes on the A419 in Wiltshire and A417 in Gloucestershire which have recently been completed. The studies covered the effects of the Latton Bypass, the Cirencester and Stratton Bypass, the North of Stratton to Nettleton Improvement and the Brockworth Bypass on traffic flows in that corridor. We are monitoring traffic on the new road but it will be some time before we are able to draw any conclusions as to traffic patterns.