HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 cc602-3W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list by location the number of Multi-Modal Studies commissioned by his Department; and what the anticipated timescale for their completion is. [24924]

Tranche 1 contains 11 studies which commenced in 1999–2000
Multi-modal study Date expected to report
Access to Hastings Reported December 2000
Decision announced in July 2001
Cambridge to Huntingdon (A 14) Reported 20 August 2001
Decision announced in December 2001
South East Manchester (Stockport, Manchester airport Link West, Poynton) Reported September 2001
West Midlands Area (M5/M6 and M42 between M40 and M6) Reported October 2001
West Midlands to North West (M6) Early 2002
A453 (M1 to J24 (Nottingham) Early 2002
Tyneside Area (A1/A19) Early 2002
South and West Yorkshire Motorway Box (M1 J30 to A1 West Yorks/M18/M62 and A1(M) Early 2002
North/South Movements in East Midlands (M1 Junctions 21 to 30) Spring 2002
London to South West and South Wales (A303, M4) Spring/summer 2002
ORBIT- Transport Solutions around London (M25) Summer/autumn 2002

Tranche 2 contains eight studies which commenced in 2000–01
Multi-modal study Date expected to report
Hull (East/West) Corridor (A63 and A1033 to Port of Hull) Spring 2002
A1 (North of Newcastle) Spring 2002
London to Ipswich (A12) Spring 2002
South Coast (Southampton to Folkestone Coastal Corridor)-(M27, A27 and A259) Spring/summer 2002
M60 Junction 12–18 (West to North Manchester) Summer 2002
London to South Midlands (A1, M1, M11, A5 and A421) Autumn 2002
London to Reading (M4) Autumn 2002
West Midlands to East Midlands (A42/M42 to M6 Corridor and M69 and A38) April 2003

Tranche 3 contain three studies (Norwich to Peterborough (A47)), A34 North from Southampton and A52 Corridor (Clifton Bridge to A1 (Bingham)). We expect these to commence in 2001–02 and they are expected to report in 2004.