A40/M50 Road Scheme

HC Deb 19 May 1994 vol 243 cc547-8W

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost to date of preparation of plans for the A40/M50 road scheme from Longford to Gorsley, now abandoned, since the proposals were first introduced in 1989.

Mr. Key

The question is an operational matter for the Highways Agency. The chief executive, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, has written to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Chris Smith, dated 16 May 1994: You have asked the Secretary of State for Transport, for the cost to date of preparation of plans for the A40/M50 road scheme from Longford to Gorsley, now withdrawn, since the proposals were first introduced in 1989. I have been asked to reply. The total cost has been approximately £51/2 million which includes consultants fees, detailed surveying and hydraulic modelling and VAT.