HC Deb 01 July 2002 vol 388 cc105-7W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of the right hon. Member for Tyneside, North (Mr. Byers) of 10 April 2002,Official Report, column 103W, on the M4, if he will similarly list, by road number, the studies initiated by his Department and other Government agencies covering all or part of each road making up the Strategic Road Network, including (a) multi modal, (b) Highways Agency and (c) other studies. [64964]

Mr. Spellar

[holding answer 27 June 20021]The following studies initiated by my Department on the trunk road network have been or are being taken forward:

(a) Multi-modal studies

Multi modal studies take a broad view of significant issues affecting transport corridors across all the modes, and are proposing major investments in roads and public transport. The main trunk roads within the study areas are listed below:

  • A21/A27/A258: Access to Hastings
  • A14: CHUMMS—Cambridge to Huntingdon
  • M60/A6: SEMMMS—South-East Manchester
  • M6/M5/M42: West Midlands area
  • M6: MIDMAN—West Midlands to North-West
  • A453: (MI-Nottingham)
  • M 18/M62/M1/Al: SWYMMS—South and West Yorks Motorway Box
  • Al/A19: TA MMS—Tyneside area
  • M I/A52: North/South movements in East Midlands
  • M25: ORBIT—Transport Solutions Around London
  • M4/M5/A303: SWARMMS—London to South-West and South Wales
  • 106W
  • A63: Hull Corridor
  • Al: (North of Newcastle)
  • A12/Al20: London to Ipswich
  • M60
  • Junctions 12–18 (West to North Manchester)
  • M27/A27/A259: South Coast Corridor (SoCCoMMS)
  • M I/Al(M)/M I I/A10: London to South Midlands
  • M69/M42/A38: West Midlands to East Midlands
  • M4/M3: Thames Valley (London to Reading)
  • A47: Norwich to Peterborough
  • A34: North from Southampton
  • A52: Corridor (to Bingham).

Road Based Studies

Road based studies are designed to address more localised or specific problems on the trunk road network, where road improvements are expected to provide the solution.

  • AI: Bramham to Barton
  • A66: Safety Study
  • M40/A46: Longbridge roundabout
  • A3: Hindhead
  • MI: Junction 19
  • A419: Blunsdon
  • A51 17/A550: Deeside Park Junctions
  • A47: Norwich to Great Yarmouth
  • A5/A483: Shrewsbury to Chester
  • A38: Derby Junctions.

(b) Highways Agency

Route Management Strategies

  • The principal aim of route management strategies is to develop, in consultation with the public and other stakeholders, 10-year action plans for the HA's management of trunk roads and motorways within the frameworks established by regional transport strategies.
  • A35/A3l/A30 (Southampton to Exeter)
  • A417/A419 (Swindon to Gloucester)
  • M5 (J21–31) (Weston to Exeter excluding J21)
  • Al (London to Peterborough)
  • Al2 (M25 to Ipswich)
  • M62/A63/A1033 (Liverpool—Hull)
  • A1(Gateshead—Scottish Border) A14 (MI—Felixstowe)
  • M5 (South of J9 to North of JI5) A46 (Leicester—Lincoln)
  • MI (J30–J42) (inc MI-Al Link) and M621 Leeds
  • M18 (MI —M62)
  • M57/M58/A5036 (M6—Liverpool—M62)
  • M53/A55/A483 (Birkenhead to Welsh border)

  • A64 (Al to Scarborough)
  • M180/A180/A 160 (M18 to Grimsby)
  • M6 (J20–44)/A74 (Warrington to Scottish border)
  • A69 (Newcastle to Carlisle)
  • A168/A19 (Al Dishforth to Gateshead)
  • M55 (Blackpool to M6)
  • M65/A56/M66 (M6 to Burnley to M62)
  • A49 (A40 to A5)
  • M6 (M1-.14)/A45/M45/A46 (A45-M6) and A5 (M I-Lichfield)
  • Al (Peterborough to Blyth)
  • M4 (J1–15) (London to Swindon excl J15) and A404/A404M
  • Windsor—Beaconsfield
  • A42 I/A428 (M1 to Cambridge)
  • M20/M26/A20 (London to Dover)
  • A47/A 12 (Peterborough to Lowestoft)
  • M3 (J1–13)/M27 (J4???I )/M271 London to Southampton
  • M II (London to Cambridge)
  • MI/M10 (London to M6)
  • A27/A259/M27 (J4–12) Southampton—Folkestone
  • M25 London Orbital (North) and (South)
  • A 13 London—Tilbury.

(c) Other studies

At any one time the Highways Agency as part of the day-to-day management of the trunk road network is progressing, and contributing to, numerous other studies concerned with development pressures, safety issues, or other matters affecting the operation of motorways and trunk roads.

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