HC Deb 01 April 1996 vol 275 cc31-2W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of new road are planned to be constructed using the design, build, finance and operate initiative under contracts(a) already let, (b) due to be let in 1996 and (c) forecast to be let by 2000. [19687]

Mr. Watts

I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 1 April 1996: I have been asked by the Secretary of State for Transport to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about how many miles of new road are planned to be constructed under the design, build, finance and operate initiative under contracts (a) already let, (b) due to be let in 1996 and (c) forecast to be let by 2000. Forty nine miles have already been let, thirty five miles are due to be let in 1996 and; the forecast for the year 2000 is sixty six miles.