A130 Bypass Scheme (Hansard, 6 July 1999)

§ Jane Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the local authority transport schemes which were considered for PFI when the A130 bypass scheme was approved. [88589]
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§ Ms Glenda Jackson
The following local authority transport schemes were being considered last autumn along with the A130 bypass project:

Baldock Bypass

Bristol/South Gloucestershire Rapid Transit

Doncaster North Bridge

East Leeds Radial

Manchester Metrolink Extensions

North Yorkshire PFI

Northumberland County Council Street Lighting Nottingham Express Transit

South Hampshire Rapid Transit

Surrey Cross Thames Integrated Transport Corridor

Tyne and Wear Metro Extension

Walsall Integrated Transport Project

Walsall Street Lighting

Weymouth Transportation and Regeneration Project.

§ Jane Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the criteria by which the different schemes were judged when the PFI Scheme for the A130 bypass was approved; and how each scheme scored against the criteria. [88735]

§ Ms Glenda Jackson
The A130 bypass PFI project and the other local road schemes considered for PFI funding last autumn were appraised using the New Approach to Appraisal developed during the Roads Review. The Appraisal Summary Table for the A130 was placed in the Library, as specified on 19 May 1999,Official Report, column 354. As the other schemes considered at the time were not progressed and are subject to further evaluation by the local authorities concerned, Appraisal Summary Tables for these have not been published.