§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the road schemes(a) approved and (b) provisionally approved in (i) the targeted programme of improvements, (ii) multi-model studies and (iii) the local transport settlement, where the primary objective is economic regeneration. [147316]
§ Mr. Hill"Regeneration and integration" was stated in "A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England" as the primary objective of the following schemes in the targeted programme of improvements:
Road Scheme A5 Weeford-Fazeley Improvement A11 Roudham Heath-Attleborough Dualling A27 Polegate Bypass A46 Newark-Lincoln Improvement A120 Stansted Braintree A249 Iwade-Queenborough Improvement A500 Basford, Hough, Shavington Bypass A500 City Road/Stoke Road Junctions Regeneration featured strongly in the cases made by authorities for the following schemes accepted as part of the local transport settlement announced on 14 December 2000.
City Scheme Accepted schemes Leeds East Leeds Link Road Provisionally accepted schemes Birmingham A38 Northfield Regeneration Scheme Darlington Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor Dorset Weymouth Relief Road Durham A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Norfolk Nar Ouse Regeneration Route Sandwell Cradley Heath Town Centre Staffordshire Biddulph Bypass Staffordshire Rugeley Bypass Thurrock West Thurrock Riverside Regeneration Scheme Wakefield Hemsworth—A1 Link Wakefield Glasshoughton Link Road Multi-modal studies are not a mechanism for approving road schemes. They are designed to examine options for dealing with transport problems and informing subsequent decisions on investment in transport projects. To date only one report on a multi-modal study, 'Access to Hastings', has been received and is under consideration.
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