§ Mr. Yeoasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the cost of installing and operating (a) automatic half barriers and (b) manually controlled full barriers at railway level crossings.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe costs vary. As a general guide it costs about £70,000 to install an automatic half barrier level crossing and £400 a year to operate and maintain it. The comparable costs for a manually controlled full barrier level crossing are £120,000 and £21,000.