§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the motorway lighting on the M6 will be extended from its junction with the Ml to junction 3 of the M6. [4098]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. James Pawsey, dated 18 November 1996:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent question about M6 motorway lighting between the M1/M6 Interchange and Junction 3.In my letter to you of 20 December 1995, I advised that we had no plans to light the M6 between these junctions.We have again reviewed the overnight safety record for this section of motorway over the last three years and the position remains the same. We cannot justify extending the existing lighting provision to this area.However, as I said in my last reply, all sections of the motorway and trunk road network are the subject of periodic review and factors could emerge at some stage in the future which may be significant and be such to justify the Agency taking a fresh look at the lighting need.