HC Deb 07 April 1976 vol 909 cc170-1W
61. Mr. Ford

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the figures being used by his North-East Road Construction Unit to support its proposals relating to the Aire Valley trunk road; and on what assumptions their projections of future traffic flow are based.

Dr. Gilbert

The traffic figures are set out in the statement made by the Department's representative at the public inquiry which opened on 4th November 1975. I am placing a copy in the Library. As explained in the statement, the projections of future traffic flows are based on the lowest of the three rates of growth described in the revised standard forecasts of vehicles and traffic issued by the Department in February 1975.