§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has as to traffic flows on the following sections of the M40 motorway: (a) between the M25 motorway and Beaconsfield, (b) between Beaconsfield and Wycombe East, (c) between Wycombe East and Handy Cross and (d) between Handy Cross and Stokenchurch; what information he has in particular as to five-day and seven-day average traffic flows; and what counts have been undertaken.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information is set out in the table. For the sections from Wycombe East to Stokenchurch, it is derived from either continuous count equipment or manual traffic counts in December 1985. For the other sections, where no counts have been taken since March 1984 at the latest, an estimate has been made of the average daily flow in December 1985 on a seven-day, 24-hour basis.
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Average daily two-way flow Section of M40 5-day flows 7-day flows 16-hour 24-hour 16-hour 24-hour M25 to Beaconsfield — — — *39,000 Beaconsfield to Wycombe East — — — *38,000 Wycombe East to Handy Cross 38,000 40,000 36,000 38,000 Handy Cross to Stokenchurch 29,000 31,000 28,000 30,000 * Estimate.
§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the. Secretary of State for Transport what forecasts he has made of traffic flows on the M40 motorway in the year 2000 (a) without and (b) with the extension of the motorway to Birmingham.
Two-way average daily flow (5-day 24-hour flows) Section of M40 Without M40 extension With M40 extension Denham to Beaconsfield 50,000 to 60,000 64,000 to 77,000 Beaconsfield to Wycombe East 49,000 to 58,000 64,000 to 76,000 Wycombe East to Handy Cross 49,000 to 58,000 64,000 to 76,000 Handy Cross to Stokenchurch 39,000 to 46,000 56,000 to 67,000 Stokenchurch to Lewknor 44,000 to 53,000 62,000 to 75,000 Lewknor to Milton Common 33,000 to 40,000 54,000 to 66,000 Milton Common to A40 31,000 to 37,000 53,000 to 64,000