HC Deb 05 November 1998 vol 318 c641W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the role of the cable car link to the Millennium Experience; and how many passengers it is expected to carry. [58018]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The Millennium Access transport strategy was developed before the proposed cable car, being promoted by a private company, was a consideration. The New Millennium Experience Company has estimated that 2 per cent. of visitors would use the cable car for part of their journey to the Dome. Should it not proceed there would be sufficient capacity on other modes to carry visitors to the Dome who might otherwise have used the cable car.