§ Mr. Anthony CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent investigations have been carried out into the relationship between link road and motorway buildings and employment and prosperity.
§ Mr. KeyAmong recent United Kingdom studies into this issue of which I am aware are a study commissioned jointly by Glasgow development agency and Scottish Enterprise National on the "Economic Benefits of the M74 Norther Extension"—Kennedy McTavish Ltd., Oscar Faber TPA, and Cambridge Systematics Inc, August 1993; one by E. T. Judge on "Regional Issues and Transport Infrastructure: some reflections on the Lancashire—Yorkshire Motorway" published in 1983; and an2W investigation by P. J. Mackie et al of the institute of transport studies, Leeds University into the likely effects of the second Severn crossing, 1986. The centre for transport studies of the university of London is currently embarking upon a study into the impact of the new A14 M1–A1 link road for the British Road Federation. There are a number of other recent studies carried out in the United States and Netherlands.