§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he 603W will list by location the number of Multi-Modal Studies commissioned by his Department; and what the anticipated timescale for their completion is. [24924]
Tranche 1 contains 11 studies which commenced in 1999–2000 Multi-modal study Date expected to report Access to Hastings Reported December 2000 Decision announced in July 2001 Cambridge to Huntingdon (A 14) Reported 20 August 2001 Decision announced in December 2001 South East Manchester (Stockport, Manchester airport Link West, Poynton) Reported September 2001 West Midlands Area (M5/M6 and M42 between M40 and M6) Reported October 2001 West Midlands to North West (M6) Early 2002 A453 (M1 to J24 (Nottingham) Early 2002 Tyneside Area (A1/A19) Early 2002 South and West Yorkshire Motorway Box (M1 J30 to A1 West Yorks/M18/M62 and A1(M) Early 2002 North/South Movements in East Midlands (M1 Junctions 21 to 30) Spring 2002 London to South West and South Wales (A303, M4) Spring/summer 2002 ORBIT- Transport Solutions around London (M25) Summer/autumn 2002
Tranche 2 contains eight studies which commenced in 2000–01 Multi-modal study Date expected to report Hull (East/West) Corridor (A63 and A1033 to Port of Hull) Spring 2002 A1 (North of Newcastle) Spring 2002 London to Ipswich (A12) Spring 2002 South Coast (Southampton to Folkestone Coastal Corridor)-(M27, A27 and A259) Spring/summer 2002 M60 Junction 12–18 (West to North Manchester) Summer 2002 London to South Midlands (A1, M1, M11, A5 and A421) Autumn 2002 London to Reading (M4) Autumn 2002 West Midlands to East Midlands (A42/M42 to M6 Corridor and M69 and A38) April 2003 Tranche 3 contain three studies (Norwich to Peterborough (A47)), A34 North from Southampton and A52 Corridor (Clifton Bridge to A1 (Bingham)). We expect these to commence in 2001–02 and they are expected to report in 2004.