§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those road schemes removed from the main roads programme to the long-term programme in the last 12 months. [40698]
§ Mr. WattsThe review of the roads programme of November 1995, published in the document "Managing the Trunk Road Programme", categorised schemes according to their status. The list of longer-term schemes in that publication has not changed.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the annual cost to his Department of contracts currently let for road building under the design, build, finance and operate system. [40704]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 16 October 1996:
968WThe Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent question about the cost of contracts currently let for road building under the design, build, finance and operate system.The following figures illustrate the estimated range of annual cost (over a 5 year period), based on the Highways Agency's forecast of traffic volume for the 8 DBFO contracts awarded so far. These figures which are cash price estimates will be influenced by the usage of the DBFO road and the performance of the DBFO Company. The figures below do not include additional but relatively minor future lump sum payments covering for the example archaeological works, which because of their uncertain nature are extremely difficult to estimate.
- 1996/97: £21n
- 1997/98: £68m
- 1998/99: £82m
- 1999/00: £163m
- 2000/01: £189m