§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the impact of the completion of the A41 Aston Clinton bypass on traffic(a) volumes and (b) flows on the A41 through Aylesbury. [101117]
§ Mr. HillI have asked the acting Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Peter Nutt, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Mr. Richard Thorndike to Mr. David Lidington, dated 7 December 1999:
I have been asked by the Transport Minister, Keith Hill, to reply to your recent parliamentary question about the impact of the A41 Aston Clinton Bypass on traffic on the A41 through Aylesbury. I am replying in the absence of the Chief Executive, Peter Nutt.481WAt present over 26,000 vehicles a day use the A41 through Aston Clinton. Our forecasts show that 70% of this traffic would divert onto the bypass. They also show that other local roads would not be adversely affected by the opening of the bypass nor would the A41 through Aylesbury.