§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister of Transport, what is the estimated annual cost to the United Kingdom of servicing the Channel Tunnel.
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COMPLETED Selnec Number Description 101 A.56—Improvement from Derbyshire Lane to Talbot Road including Longford Bridge. 212 A.666—Diversion. Farnworth and Kearsley by-pas UNDER CONSTRUCTION Description 132 New Route. Lancashire-Yorkshire from A.580 to Milnrow Boundary (M.62).
§ Mr. John MorrisThe Channel Tunnel project is expected to be financially self-supporting.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister of Transport, what is the total sum already spent from public funds on research into the Channel Tunnel.
§ Mr. John MorrisSome£1,069,000 has so far been spent from U.K. public funds on preliminary studies for the Channel Tunnel. This sum will in due course be allocated to the capital account of the project. The bulk of it£1,048,220) is the British share of costs to date of the joint Anglo-French geological and geophysical survey of the Tunnel route.