§ Mr. FallonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to announce details of the revised criteria and ring-fenced annual budget for the Highways Agency for new measures to reduce motorway noise. [69784]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonWe announced in "A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England" that we propose to establish revised criteria and a ring-fenced annual budget to provide noise mitigation on some existing trunk roads. We will make an announcement on this shortly.