HC Deb 03 June 1997 vol 295 cc168-9W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the regions if he will place in the Library a list of the roads his Department assesses to be most in need of repair. [1]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The Highways Agency prepares an annual programme of capital maintenance works on sections of Trunk Roads, intended to be the most cost effective way of maintaining the Trunk Road network as a whole. At the moment, the Highways Agency plans major roads capital maintenance projects for 1997–98 ont eh following sections of roads:

  • M1: J25–J26
  • M5: J14–J15
  • M5/M6: Ray Hall interchange
  • M6: J14–J15
  • M23: J8–J9
  • M25: J23–24
  • M27: J8–J10
  • M42: J3–3A
  • M42: J7A-J8
  • M53: J9–J10
  • M62: J11–J12
  • A249: Westminster-Sheerness

This is in addition to capital maintenance carried out by DBFO operators. Comparable information for local roads is not available. These roads are the responsibility of local highway authorities.