HC Deb 31 January 1973 vol 849 c394W
Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the breakdown of the cost on which is based the estimated £200 million extra road expenditure which would result from the acceptance of higher axle weights of heavy trucks.

Mr. Peyton

The £200 million is an estimate of the additional resurfacing costs which would be incurred after 1980, discounted to that year, if vehicles with an 11-tonne axle weight were accepted.

Assumptions have had to be made about the rate of build-up of fleets using the heavier axle and on the roads which would be used.