§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Transport what were the volumes of heavy lorry traffic in each direction in each of the last 61 months between (a) junctions 9 and 10 of the M1 and (b) junctions 2 and 3 of the M6; and if he will set out the figures to demonstrate comparisons between the same months in the various years.
§ Mrs. ChalkerInformation for the period January 1978 to November 1981 was given to my hon. Friend in a written reply on Tuesday 16 February.—[Vol. 18, c.72–4.]
The remaining information, combining traffic flows for both directions, is as follows: 301W
Goods vehicles over 30 cwt unladen weight, 16 hour flows M1 between junctions 9 and 10 M6 between junctions 2 and 3 Flow Date Flow Date 1977 January 15,624 7 10,810 21 February 16,011 4 — — March 15,376 4 11,168 18 April 16,444 1 12,026 22 — — 11,387 25 May 15,230 6 10,488 20 16,594 9 — — June 12,716 10 11,237 17 July 14,710 8 10,645 22 August 12,368 5 10,581 19 September 15,190 2 11,865 16 October — — 11,992 21 November 15,693 4 12,464 18 December 17,490 2 14,001 16 1981 December 17,242 9 14,683 17 1982 January 16,134 13 14,997 21 February 17,543 10 15,258 18