§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the most recent assessment of the
336W(4) how many units of lighting were lit on the M1 motorway between Staples Corner and Newport Pagnell service station between 12 noon and 1 pm on Monday 17 November; on what date they were reported defective; and when they will be re-set or repaired.
§ Mr. MooreThe details are not available for the precise times and dates referred to but the general position over the last three months period is as follows:
volume of traffic on the A12 Brentwood bypass; and how this compares with the volume of traffic before the opening of the adjacent section of the M25.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe average 18-hour flow in August this year was about 50,000 vehicles per day. The comparable figure for 1982, before the first Essex section of the M25 was opened, was 25,000 vehicles per day.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he is now in a position to say when noise barriers will be erected close to the Brentwood and Ingatestone bypass of the A12.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyWe are authorising the provision of some 1,200m of noise barriers in the Ongar road area of Brentwood. Similar measures are not justified at Ingatestone. I am writing to my hon. Friend with the details.