§ Mr. Greg KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider remarking the lanes on the northbound carriageway of the MI motorway north of the junction with the M25 so that the offside lane hard shoulder currently not in use can be utilised as an additional lane but in such a way as to create an additional crawler lane on the nearside similar to the way the lanes have been remarked on the southbound carriageway of the M1 north of junction 4.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyCrawler lanes are justified and effective only where there is a significant uphill gradient to the brow of a hill. These conditions do not apply to the northbound carriageway of the M1 north of the junction with the M25.
Any use of the off-side hard shoulder at this location as a running lane would involve many vehicles in repeated changes of lane in a short distance. The adverse effects on safety and the free flow of traffic, particularly at junction 8, would outweigh any benefit from the availability of a short stretch of additional carriageway.
§ Mr. Greg KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport why the road surface markings and signs relating thereto have recently been altered on the southbound carriageway of the M1 north of junction 4 on the stretch of four-lane motorway.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleySigns and markings were altered to signal the use of the nearside lane for slow-moving vehicles.
§ Mr. Greg KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total cost of procuring and erecting the new road signs informing motorists of the short stretch of four lanes on the southbound carriageway of the M1 motorway north of junction 4.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley£4,250.
§ Mr. Greg KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total cost of the road surface remarking recently carried out on the southbound carriageway of the M1 north of junction 4 on the stretch of four-lane motorway.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley£10,500.