§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he will announce his Department's decision on the funding of noise mitigation measures along the A404(M). [99233]
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§ Mr. HillThe A404(M) meets the initial sift criteria for noise mitigation measures announced by the former Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Ms Jackson), on 22 March 1999,Official Report, columns 50–51W. Along with a number of other qualifying sites, it is being examined in further detail to establish whether additional mitigation measures can be justified.
Although our investigations into the A404(M) are almost complete, noise mitigation will need to await the outcome of the detailed studies into the other sites that met the sift criteria to ensure that priority is given to the most deserving cases.