HL Deb 17 July 2003 vol 651 c173WA
Lord Berkeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Statement on transport investment by the Secretary of State for Transport on 9 July (HC Deb, col. 1175), what is the congestion category attributed to the following motorway sections in the Strategic Rail Authority's Sensitive Lorry Miles; results of analysis, May 2003 and accompanying documentation—(a) M 11, junctions 8–9; (b) M1 from M25 to Milton Keynes; (c) M1, M62, Al(M) and M 18 in South arid West Yorkshire; and (d) M25 three-lane sections. [HL3940]

Lord Davies of Oldham

The congestion categories are:

  1. (a) low congested;
  2. (b) mixture of medium and high congested;
  3. (c) predominantly low congested, although stretches of medium and high; and,
  4. (d) predominantly medium and high congested.

Precise details of the stretches of congestion identified for the sensitive lorry miles on the UK motorway network can be found on the SRA's website, www.sra.gov.uk, at: http://195.157.46.131/publications/ other/2003_05_13/motorway_links.xls

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