§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the future road building programmes for the Greater London area; what is the estimated cost of such work; and what are the expected dates of commencement and completion of such works.
§ Mr. NorrisThis is an operational matter for the Highways Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 10 May 1994:
FUTURE ROAD PROGRAMME GREATER LONDON
Steven Norris has asked me to write to you in response to your question in the House about the future road building programme for the Greater London area.You may recall the press notice sent to you at the end of March announcing the results of the review of the road programme. I enclose a further copy, from which you will see that the schemes are set out in the same grouping as in the Roads Report published at the end of March. I also enclose a copy of the tables from the report in which the London schemes are highlighted.As you will see from the copy tables, dates for start and completion of works are not available for all the schemes. For those schemes in the early stage of planning, the start dates will depend on a number of factors, such as the progress with the statutory procedures to authorise their construction and the availability of funds when we are ready to invite tenders for the work. The stage reached with each scheme is given in the tables.I hope this is helpful.