HC Deb 03 July 1992 vol 210 c729W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorway intersections, where two motorways join, do not have full four-way access.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

Twenty motorway to motorway junctions in England do not have full four-way access.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why it was decided not to construct a full four-way access junction where the A1(M) joins the A66(M) at Darlington; what plans he has to initiate the construction of a full four-way access junction at this point; and what estimate he has made of the cost.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The A1(M)—A66(M) interchange at Darlington was opened to traffic in May 1965 and its layout was designed to cater for the then existing and predicted further traffic movements.

A study of the A1(M) between Barton and Birtley is currently being undertaken to assess the longer-term requirements of this section of motorway. An assessment of this interchange and others will be undertaken as part of the study which will be completed in the spring of 1993.