§ Baroness Whiteasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the scope of the environmental investigations now being conducted in relation to a possible second Severn crossing and by whom they are being carried out.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (The Earl of Caithness)Investigations and consultations on landscape, noise, agricultural and ecological aspects of bridge, driven tunnel and immersed tunnel options for a possible second Severn crossing, and it links to the existing motorway network on both sides of the estuary, are now being carried out by the Department's joint consultants, W. S. Atkins & Partners and G. Maunsell & Partners.