§ Vernon CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when the Highways Agency Business Plan for 2002–03 will be published; and what targets he has set. [31848]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Highways Agency's Business Plan, which contains the targets set for 2002–03, will be published tomorrow. A copy will be placed in the House Library.
These targets are:
In order to deliver best value for money, maintain the network so that the proportion requiring maintenance within the next year is held between 7 per cent, and 8 per cent.98 per cent, of lanes available at all times.90 per cent, of routine maintenance done outside of peak hours.complete the remaining congestion Early Action schemes in the programme.Achieve at least 48 of 51 major scheme milestones.Reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on trunk roads in 2002–03 by at least 555 to 4,436 (compared with the 1994–98 average of 4,991).Reduce the slight casualty rate to no more than 21.41 slight casualties per hundred million vehicle kilometres (compared with the 1994–98 average of 22.14).Complete the remaining safety Early Action schemes in the programme.Introduce a national HA Traffic Control Centre.Achieve an average score of no less than 7.5 on the agency's Road User Satisfaction survey (on a scale of 1–10 with one being extremely poor and 10 being extremely good).Install automatic hold up warning systems on at least 200 km of motorway length.Achieve an average of at least 95 per cent, across four environmental sub-indicators.Percentage of residential properties owned that are vacant not to exceed 15 per cent, of the residential portfolio.Percentage of vacant habitable properties empty for more than six months at the end of the year not to exceed 3 per cent, of the residential portfolio.