Roads (London) (Hansard, 28 November 1989)

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a further statement on any recent decisions affecting the London assessment studies.

§ Mr. Atkins
No.

§ Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has anything to add to the answer given by the Minister for Roads and Traffic on I November on Roads (London),Official Report, column 192, in the light of the letters he sent to the hon. Members for Richmond and Barnes (Mr. Hanley) and for Hornsey and Wood Green (Sir H. Rossi), advising them that he had asked the consultants for the London assessment studies to study the possibility of building roads along the line of the Parkland walk and across Barnes common in tunnels.

§ Mr. Atkins
No. We expect the consultants' report to be published next month.

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total cost to his Department of the London road assessment studies; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Atkins
The cost to date of the London assessment studies is £8.5 million.

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what will be the cost to purchase a copy of the London road assessment studies report when it is published; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Atkins
The selling price of the consultants' reports has yet to be determined.