§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how figures for regeneration created traffic volumes are included in road construction assessments.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 24 May 1993] The effects of regeneration on numbers of households, workers and jobs are taken into account by the Department in its estimates of future local traffic growth. The views of local authorities on these issues are sought from time to time, and incorporated in the Department's projections. Where regeneration is anticipated to have a substantial effect on the appraisal of a scheme, there are usually further discussions with local authorities, to enable the location and nature of regeneration created trips to be more precisely estimated and included in the assessment of the scheme. The forecast of total traffic growth in the area of a scheme is then controlled to be consistent with that area's traffic growth in the Department's national traffic forecast.