Road Noise

HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 cc984-5W

Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) which concrete trunk roads have been resurfaced with low noise materials, broken down by cost of each project; [162578]

(2) how much funding has been allocated to resurface concrete trunk roads with low noise materials (a) in each year since the projects started and (b) for 2003–04. [162584]

Mr. Jamieson

In year funding is not specifically allocated for resurfacing of concrete trunk roads with low noise materials. The following concrete trunk roads have been resurfaced with low noise materials and broken down by the cost of each project and the year of completion.

Concrete sections completed in	M20	Cost (£ million)
1999–2000	J3-J5	7.5
2000–01	J9-J10	6.0
2001–02	No schemes completed	No schemes completed

Concrete sections completed in 2002–03	Cost(£ million)
M1 80: Junction 2 to Beltoft	2.3
Al2 Brentwood Bypass Phase 2	12.8
M11 Junction 8 (Stansted Slip Road Contract)	3.7
M20J11—Sellindge	7.4
M20 Sellindge—Smeeth	—
M27 Junctions 2–3	19.1
M27 Junctions 3–4	—
M11 J7–6 Southbound	3.2
M5 Junctions 26 to 27 Contract 1	1.6
Sub total	50.1

Concrete sections completed in 2003–04	Cost(£ million)
A1 Long Bennington	4.4
M42 Junctions 2–3a	7.4
M180 Sandtoft—Junction 2	4.0

	Name (a)
	Bruce Coombs	Adrian Sayce	Nick Joyce	Clive Wood
Grade	7	7	SCS	7
Band	6.1	6.1	SCSPB 1	6.1
Organisation (b)	Civil Aviation Authority	Civil Aviation Authority	Ernst & Young	Nottingham County Council
Host	CAD-Air Traffic Division	Multilateral Division	Transport Finance Directorate	Traffic Management Unit
Post held (c)	Head of Branch	Representative to ICAO	Assistant to Corporate Finance Advisor	Secondee
Start (d)	26 June 2001	9 December 2002	19 January 2004	12 January 2004
End (d)	25 June 2004	9 December 2005	January 2005	July 2004

Note:

(d) All secondees are subject to the Civil Service Code of Conduct whilst on secondment and are expected to undertake the full range of duties attached to the post, including the provision of drafts for PQs if required. Every effort is taken to ensure that no conflict of interest occurs.