§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road schemes evaluated or re-evaluated so far in the light of the traffic appraisal unit's guidance following the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment report on traffic generation have been treated as complex or less complex in terms of guidance. [40588]
§ Mr. WattsSo far, the Highways Agency has considered 56 schemes in the light of the SACTRA report on induced traffic. The provisional assessments indicate that 12 are complex, 26 are intermediate and 18 are simple.
§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many schemes currently in the national road programme he expects to categorise as complex when they are evaluated in the light of the guidance from the traffic appraisal unit following the SACTRA report on traffic generation. [40590]
§ Mr. WattsIn respect of the national road programme as a whole, the Highways Agency is undertaking SACTRA-induced traffic assessments for all schemes at the appropriate stage in their preparation. So far, 12 of the 56 schemes considered have been provisionally assessed by the agency as complex. But it would not be right to extrapolate that trend to the whole programme, in which there are approximately 300 active schemes. The induced traffic assessments have to be done on a scheme-byscheme basis and we will not know the overall picture until this work has been completed.
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