§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has now invited tenders for bridge works over the River Itchen as part of the M3 Bar End-Compton.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 15 November 1991]: Tenders have been invited for bridge works in advance of the main M3 Bar End Compton contract, but these do not include a bridge over the River Itchen.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the advance works prior to the letting of a contract for bridge works over the River Itchen require an archaeological dig or any other work liable to damage the River Itchen watermeadows site of special scientific interest.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 15 November 1991]: The advance works will affect a small corner of the Itchen
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Scheme Consultant(s) A1 Alconbury to Peterborough W. S. Atkins Planning Consultants (main agent authority for scheme: Cambridge County Council) A5 Little Brickhill Bypass Kennedy Henderson Ltd. A6 Clapham Bypass Acer assisted by Acer Environmental and Ash Landscape Architects A10 Wadesmill High Cross and Colliers End Bypass Mott MacDonald A11 Roudham Heath to Attleborough G. Maunsell and Partners, assisted by the Landscape Partnership and Alconbury Environmental Consultants A11 Besthorpe Wymondham Norfolk County Council A11 Four Went ways to Newmarket Cambridgeshire County Council A41 Aston Clinton Bypass Buckinghamshire County Council Valley water meadows site of special scientific interest (SSSI). Ecological and archaeological work will be carried out in the affected area of the SSSI before any construction starts on that part of the site.