§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many road schemes were(a) accepted, (b) provisionally accepted and (c) rejected in the Local Transport Settlement 2000. [146038]
§ Mr. HillThree road schemes were accepted, 36 provisionally accepted and one rejected. In addition, we were unable to take decisions on 34 schemes bid for by authorities because they had provided insufficient information about them. These schemes have been treated522W as work in progress and there will be an opportunity for authorities to resubmit them with their first-year progress reports on their local transport plans this July.
§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those major road schemes(a) accepted and (b) provisionally accepted in the Local Transport Financial Settlement 2000 which may affect a nationally designated site of environmental importance, indicating the designation in each case. [146037]
§ Mr. Hill(a) None.
(b) The following schemes will have a direct or indirect affect on designated sites. All the schemes which authorities bid for were assessed using the New Approach to Appraisal and in deciding to accept these particular schemes for funding it was judged that the benefits they would confer outweighed the impacts on the designated sites.
Scheme Site directly or indirectly affected Barnstaple Western Bypass River Taw Estuary SSSI Camelford Bypass River Camel SSSI Carlisle Northern Development Route River Eden Coastal Plain Zone East Kent Access Phase 1 Pegwell Bay SSSI Nar Ouse Regeneration Route River Nar SSSI Salisbury Transport Package: Brunel Link River Nadder SAC Haraham Relief Road West Harnham Chalk Pit SSSI Sunderland Southern Radial Route Durham Coast SSSI Weymouth Relief Road Lorton and Lodmoor SSSIs and AONB