§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has made any estimates of the likely traffic flow over the second Severn bridge.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe consultant's study of the second Severn crossing showed that for a bridge of the kind proposed, that is at English Stones with links to the M4 and M5, the high growth forecast (16-hour average annual daily flow) for the year 2010 was 14,100 vehicles for the existing bridge and 41,200 vehicles for the second crossing.