§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Transport when it is planned to install total lighting between junctions 1 to 7 of the M6 motorway; and whether he will estimate the cost of doing so.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThere are no plans to install further lighting on these sections of M6.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Transport by what criteria he decides on the priority for providing additional lighting on motorways.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyFollowing a review of policy for the provision of lighting on motorways and all-purpose trunk roads in 1986, I made a statement in the House on 24 July 1986, at column453, introducing a new procedure for the assessment of lighting proposals on these roads. Details of the assessment technique are given in departmental advice note TA 49/86 "Appraisal of New and Replacement Lighting on Trunk Roads and Trunk Road Motorways". A copy is available in the Library.
Date Location Type of work Contractor Value £ million Estimated value £ million Duration Part J4–4A Resurfacing Redlands Aggregates 2.9 7 weeks Planned 1988 Thornbridge viaduct Resurfacing and joint replacement 1.0 1990 J6–J7 (part including Queslett viaduct) Resurfacing and joint replacement 1.5 1991 J6–J7 (part) Resurfacing 1.0 All these contracts will be subject to the lane rental procedure. Additionally the construction of the M1–A1 link will involve lane closures on the M6 near its junction with the M1. These will last a few weeks during 1988 but exact timing is not yet known.
Minor repairs and maintenance activities are also carried out on a regular basis.
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Year and location Type of work Contractor Contract period weeks Cost £ million 1978 Witton Viaduct Resurfacing and new joints R. M. Douglas 16 0.4 1980 Thornbridge Viaduct Resurfacing and new joints R. M. Douglas 12 0.6 Queslett Viaduct
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Transport when it is planned to install additional lighting between the end of the present lighting near Newport Pagnell and the Buckinghamshire-Northamptonshire boundary of the M1 motorway; and at what estimated cost.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis lighting will be installed in the early stages of a major maintenance contract and should be completed by the end of September. The estimated cost is £260,000.