Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which body is funding the following bridge reconstruction works: (a) Skew Bridge, Salisbury; (b) Broken Cross Bridge, on the A338 near Ford; and (c) two bridges over railway and over waterway, on the A40 west of Oxford. [HL2159]
§ Lord Davies of OldhamThe answer to this is as follows:
- (a) Skew Bridge is being funded by the Highways Agency (Area 2)
- (b) Broken Cross Bridge is not on a trunk road so is being funded by Wiltshire County Council, the local highway authority
- (c) The A40 Woolvercote and Cassington underbridges are being funded by the Highways Agency (Area 2).