§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road schemes in which his Department has extended the distance limit for safeguarding purposes beyond the 67 m limit specified in article 15(1)(b) of the General Development Order 1988.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 18 February 1991]: The distance limit for safeguarding purposes has been extended beyond 67 m in only one case. That is the proposed widening of an approximately 80 mile-long section of the M1 in the east midlands, which forms part of our published intention to widen the motorway between junctions 6A and 33. In this case the safeguarding distance is 67 m from the centre line of each carriageway, slip road, junction and service area or 30 m beyond the existing motorway boundary, whichever is the greater.