§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans the Highways Agency has to update the existing motorway and trunk road stress map. [82258]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Highways Agency intends to publish in its 1998–99 Annual Report a map derived from Trafficmaster data showing congested sections of its network.
New stress maps for the motorway and trunk road network based upon a calculation of traffic flow and capacity will be published when the data for 1998 are available later this year.