§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of (x) the current traffic flows and (y) the (i) high and (ii) low predictions of traffic flow on the M4 from(a) Newhouse to Magor, (b) Magor to Coldra, (c) Coldra to Caerleon, (d) Malpas to Tredegar Park, (e) Tredegar Park to Castleton and (f) Castleton to Coryton in (1) 2000, (2) 2005, (3) 2010, (4) 2015 and (5) 2020. [44075]
§ Mr. HainThe Annual Average Daily Traffic Flows (AADT) based on the current High and Low National Road Traffic Forecasts (NRTF) 1997 are given in the table:
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Section 1997 AADF 2000 AADF 2005 AADF 2010 AADF 2015 AADF 2020 AADF Low Growth Forecast M48 Newhouse-Rogiet Jns. 2–23 10,400 10,700 11,300 12,000 12,700 13,300 M4 Rogiet-Magor Jns. 32–23A 54,900 56,000 59,400 63,100 66,800 69,800 M4 Magor-Coldra Jns. 23A-24 61,000 62,200 66,000 70,100 74,200 77,500 M4 Coldra-Caerleon Jns. 24–25 83,700 85,400 90,700 96,300 101,900 106,500 M4 Caerleon-Malpas Jns. 25–26 69,300 70,700 75,000 79,700 84,300 88,100 M4 Malpas-High Cross Jns. 26–27 91,200 93,000 98,800 104,900 111,000 115,900 M4 High Cross-Tredegar Park Jns. 27–28 85,500 87,100 95,600 98,300 104,000 108,640 M4 Tredegar Park-Castleton Jns. 28–29 89,500 91,300 97,000 103,000 109,000 113,800 M4 Castleton-Pontprennau Jns. 29–30 49,900 50,900 54,000 57,400 60,700 63,400 M4 Pontprennau-Coryton Jns. 30–32 56,700 57,800 61,400 65,200 69,000 72,000