HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c249W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of fuel pollution resulting from the introduction of red routes in London.

Mr. Norris

Estimates of the reductions in vehicle emissions are set out in section 13 of the Transport Research Laboratory report on the pilot red route scheme (project report 31, 1993), a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact on traffic volumes on the roads involved resulting from the introduction of red routes in London.

Mr. Norris

The Transport Research Laboratory's assessment of the pilot red route scheme in north and east London concluded that many vehicles had rerouted from inappropriate roads onto the red route, but that there was not a large volume of new traffic.