§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport which sites of special scientific interest will be affected by future proposals for road building.
§ Mr. WattsInformation on the effect of trunk road proposals on sites of special scientific interest is held by the Highways Agency and I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member. Information about the effect of local authority road proposals on such sites is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 23 February 1995:
The Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to write to you in reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about those sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) that will be affected by future proposals for road building.I enclose a list of the Trunk Road and Motorway schemes in England, for which preferred routes have been announced, that are likely to involve permanent or temporary landtake from a SSSI and a list of schemes that may have an impact on a SSSI but do not involve landtake. Schemes marked with an asterisk have been under construction in 1994/95. The remaining schemes are at varying stages of design.You will, I hope, appreciate that the lists are therefore dynamic and will be subject to change as, and when, scheme designs are developed.I hope this is helpful.
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Schemes which may involve permanent or temporary landtake from SSSIs Road scheme SSSI *A30 Indian Queens Bypass Goss and Tregoss Moors A31 Poole Harbour Crossing Poole Harbour (Holes Bay) A31 Poole Link Road Slop Bog and Uddens Heath, Canford Heath A35 Chideock—Morcombelake Bypass Morcombelake, West Dorset Coast A43 Geddington Bypass River Ise and Meadows A46 Upper Swainswick—Pennsylvania Monkswood Valley *M4/M49 Second Severn Magor and Undy, Severn Estuary
Schemes which may involve permanent or temporary landtake from SSSIs Road scheme SSSI M5 Widening J18–10 Severn Estuary A4S6 Kidderminster, Hurcott and Podmore Pools Blakedown and Hagley Birmingham Northern Relief Road Chasewater Heath A1(M) Redhouse—Ferrybridge Brockadale A650 Bingley Northern Relief Road Bingley South Bog *A13 Thames Avenue— Wennington Inner Thames Marshes A120 Stansted to Braintree (S.272) High Wood, Dunmow *M6 J30–32 Widening Red Scar and Tun Brook Woods *M6 J20–21A Widening Woolston Eyes A249 Iwade—Queenborough Improvement The Swale, Medway Estuary and Marshes *A249 M2—Iwade Improvement The Swale A259 Bexhill and Hastings Western Bypass Combe Haven, Pevensey Levels, Marline Valley Woods A259 Dymchurch—M20 J11 Improvement Lympne Escarpment (The Roughs) A259 Pevensey—Bexhill Improvement Pevensey Levels A259 Rye Bypass Walland Marsh, Camber Sands and Rye Saltings, Rye Harbour A17 Leadenham—Sleaford Imp High Dyke A10 Setchey and West Winch Bypass River Nar A27 Lewes—Polegate Improvement Southerham Grey Pit, Milton Gate Marsh A2/A282 Dartford Crossing Darenth Wood A34 Newbury Bypass Snelsmore Common M2 J1–4 Widening Shorne and Ashenbank Woods, Cobham Woods *M3 Bar End—Compton St. Catherine's Hill, Itchen Valley Water Meadows A5 Dunstable Eastern Bypass Blows Down
Schemes with possible indirect impact on SSSIs but do not involve landtake Road schemes SSSI A45 Stonebridge GSJ River Blythe A31 Ashley Heath Avon Valley, Hum Common A5 Dunstable Eastern Bypass Houghton Regis Marl Lakes A1(M) Ferrybridge—Hook Moor Fairburn and Newton Ings A303 Wylye—Stockton Wood Stockton Wood and Down A303 Ilminister—Marsh Long Lye A21 Kipping's Cross—Lamberhurst Brookland Wood A57/A628 Mottram Tintwistle Bypass Dark Peak Birmingham Northern Relief Road River Blythe A40 Witney Bypass—Cassington Pixey and Yarnton Meads A419 Latton Bypass North Meadow, Cricklade, River Churn A10 Wadesmill High Cross—Colliers End Bypass Plashes Wood A1(M) Hook Moor—Bramham Hook Moor A64 York—Malton Bypass Mount Pleasant Query A65 Hellifield and Long Preston Bypass Long Preston Deeps, Pan Beck Fen M6 Widening J11–16 Doxey and Tillington Western Orbital Route Hurcott Pools A556(M) M6-M56 Imp Rostherne Mere