§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each county and for Wales as a whole for 1992, 1993 and 1994(a) the number of applications received to implement traffic-calming measures (b) the number for which permission was granted (c) the total actual expenditure for each category and (d) the total actual expenditure paid for by the Welsh Office, together with this amount expressed as a proportion of (c), and if he will make a statement. [41441]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information is not available in the form requested.
On the Welsh trunk road network, the Welsh Office is considering approximately 20 locations as possible sites for trials of significant traffic-calming measures mainly on the rural network in Gwynedd, Powys and Dyfed.
To date, eight sites have been authorised with a total cost of approximately £400,000 being fully funded by the Welsh Office as the trunk road highway authority. Design work is proceeding on a further three locations.
The information on the county road network is not held by the Welsh Office. However the Welsh Office has received eight applications for the approval of 20 mph zones and a number of additional applications for the authorisation of non-standard measures in the period 1992–94. Decisions on implementation rest with the local highway authority and funding is provided from unhypothecated resources.