§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence between himself and the European Commission on(a) M3 motorway, reference P/1324/90 dated 26 March 1990 and 23 May 1991, (b) the Hackney Wick to M11 link road, dated 21 June 1990 and 14 August 1990 and (c) the A406 east London river crossing dated 24 October 1989 and 22 December 1989, with copies of any subsequent correspondence in respect of each.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 18 November 1991]: No. It is an accepted convention that correspondence between the Government and the Commission is confidential.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will give a breakdown of the costs to his Department of preparing environment assessments in accordance with the EC directives;
(2) if he will list those private consultants selected by his Department to carry out environmental assessments in accordance with the EC directive and to which particular assessment they were attached;
(3) if he will list the schemes for which his Department has prepared an environmental statement as required under the EC directive, with full details of the costs of the preparation of these statements; and which have been prepared, (a) by his staff within the Department of Transport and (b) by outside consultants.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 20 November 1991]: Consultants are appointed to undertake the preparation and supervision of trunk road schemes under the direction of the Department of Tranport's staff. The consultants are responsible for the full range of duties associated with each commission, including an environmental assessment. The preparation of the environmental assessment, including the environmental statement, is not costed separately. Attached is a list of schemes for which an environmental statement in accordance with the EC directive 85/337 as applied by section 105A of the Highway Act 1980 has been published, together with the name of the consultants appointed to carry out the work:
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Scheme Consultant(s) A47 Walpole Highway to Tilney High End Stirling Maynard and Partners assisted by Landscape Design Associates A47 East Dereham to North Tuddenham Kennedy Henderson Ltd. A47 Norwich Southern Bypass (Keswick section and Trowse Newton) Trowse Newton—Norfolk County Council; Keswick section—G. Maunsell and Partners A140 Scole Bypass Trevor Crocker and Partners (now DVH—Burrow Crocker) A428 Bedford Southern Bypass Brian Colquhoun and Partners assisted by Landscape Partnership M1-A1 Link (Re-alignment of Naseby—Sibertoft Supplementary Order) Brian Colquhoun and Partners assisted by Percy Thomas Partnership M25 Motorway: Junctions 15–16 widening from dual 2–4 lanes Sir William Halcrow and Partners assisted by Halcrow Fox and Wyn Thomas and Partners M40 Motorway widening: Junctions 4–5 Buckinghamshire Sir William Halcrow and Partners assisted by Halcrow Fox and Wyn Thomas and Partners A6 Great Glen Bypass Bingham Cotterell A6 Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass Northants County Council assisted by Faulkes Perry and Rech Landscape Consultants A16 Spalding to Sutterton improvement Mott MacDonald (was Husbands) A17 Leadenham Bypass Trevor Crocker A43 Silverstone Bypass Northants County Council assisted by Adams Loxton Landscape Consultants A46 Leicester Western Bypass Travers Morgan A564 Stoke-Derby link Derby Southern Bypass Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners A564 Foston Hatton Hilton Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners A13/A117 junction improvement Acer assisted by Chris Blandford Associates A13 West of Heathway—Wennington— Mar Dyke Acer Freeman Fox Ltd. and W. S. Atkins Consultants Ltd. (joint main consultants) A406 ELRC A13–A2016 design changes Sir William Halcrow and Partners assisted by Halcrow Fox Associates A406 Gunnersbury Avenue improvement Howard Humphries and Partners A406 Golders Green Road/Brent Street junction improvement Gifford Graham and Partners A406 Bounds Green to Green Lanes improvement G. Maunsell and Partners M1 junction 1 improvement W. S. Atkins and Partners M1 widening: Junction 9 northbound Hertfordshire County Council M5 motorway widening Warndon— Strensham junctions 6–8 Howard Humphries and Partners A167 Durham Western Bypass Roughton and Partners assisted by A. Walker and Partners A590 Dalton-in-Furness Bypass Babtie Shaw and Morton assisted by Gillespies A66 Stainmore to Banksgate Cumbria County Council A500 Basford/Hough/Shavington Veryard and Partners M56 widening junctions 4–6 L. G. Mouchel and Partners M6 motorway widening between junctions 20 and 21A Pell Frischmann M6 widening and improvements junctions 30 to 32 Rendel Palmer and Tritton M62 widening junctions 14–17 G. Maunsell and Partners 410W411W
Scheme Consultant(s) M62 widening junctions 17–18 G. Maunsell and Partners M65 motorway Bamber Bridge— Whitebirk section (Blackburn Southern Bypass) Howard Humphries and Partners M66 Manchester Outer Ring Road Denton—Middleton (A576–M62) L. G. Mouchel and Partners M66 Manchester Outer Ring Road Denton—Middleton (M67–A576) L. G. Mouchel and Partners A3 Milford Bypass W. S. Atkins and Partners A23 Pease Pottage-Handcross Acer A27 Crossbush Bypass West Sussex County Council A27 Patching junction improvement Peter Fraenkel and Partners assisted by Chris Blandford Associates A27 Westhampnett Bypass Gifford Graham and Partners A34 Newbury Bypass—Andover Road junction Mott MacDonald A249 Iwade Bypass Kent County Council A249 M2—Bobbing improvement L. G. Mouchel and Partners assisted by David Huskisson Associates A249 Brielle Way Kent County Council A259 Brookland Diversion Kent County Council M20 improvement junctions 5–8 (Maidstone Bypass) Travers Morgan A30 Okehampton—Launceston improvement Devon County Council A30 Shallowater Hill improvement Cornwall County Council assisted by Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. A30/A39 Indian Queens, Fraddon and St. Columb Road Bypasses Cornwall County Council assisted by Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. A31 Ashley Heath Grade separated junction Dorset County Council A35 Tolpuddle Puddletown Frank Graham Consulting Engineers Ltd. assisted by Cooper Partnership and Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. A39 Wadebridge Bypass Cornwall County Council A417 Brock worth Bypass Frank Graham Consulting Engineers Ltd. assisted by Cooper Partnership and Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. and Gloucester County Council A419 Latton Bypass Frank Graham Consulting Engineers Ltd. assisted by Cooper Partnership and Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. and Cotswold Archeological Trust Batheaston/Swainswick Bypass A36 link Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners assisted by Derek Lovejoy and Partners and Avon County Council M5 junction 18 improvement and Avonmouth Relief Road Second Severn Crossing Group Second Severn Crossing and approach roads Second Severn Crossing Group assisted by Environmental Advisory Unit (Liverpool University) Ltd. A5 Trunk Road Fazeley/Two Gates/ Wilnecote Bypass Staffordshire County Council assisted by R. P. S. Clouston and Dr. Jeff Lewis A49 Onibury—Stokesay improvement Shropshire County Council assisted by Simon Waldering Associates A49/A465 Hereford Bypass John Burrow and Partners (now DVH Burrow—Crocker Consulting) A50 Blythe Bridge—Queensway Stoke on Trent Staffordshire County Council and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners assisted by Derek Latham and Co.; R. P. S. Clouston; Scotts Haighton; Accoustical Investigation Research Organisation Ltd.
Scheme Consultant(s) A435 Norton Lenchwick Bypass Dobbie and Partners (now Babtie Dobbie) A435 Studley Bypass Dobbie and Partners (now Babtie Dobbie) A1(M) Walshford to Dishforth Bullen and Partners A63 Selby Bypass North Yorkshire County Council and Anthony Walker and Partners A65 Manor Park Improvement City of Bradford A65 Gargrave Bypass Babtie Shaw and Morton A65 Hellifield and Long Preston Bypass Pell Frischmann A65/A660 Burley-in-Wharfedale Bypass City of Bradford A650 Airedale route section 3 Crossflats—Cottingley Bar Babtie Shaw and Morton