§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to(a) improve and (b) fund improvements to the A13 Sadlers Farm Junction in Benfleet, Essex. [171086]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe junction at Sadlers Farm between the A13 and the A130 (neither of which is a trunk road at that point) is in the form of a ring roundabout.
Following a review of the transport problems in the South Essex area, Essex county council consider that the junction now requires upgrading to allow for the greater volume of traffic that is using the junction since it was built in 1988.
It is up to Essex county council to submit, through the Local Transport Plan process, details of a new design which has been appraised in accordance with Government guidelines and which will deal with forecast levels of traffic. This assessment will then be used by the Department for Transport to consider whether there is a case for funding the scheme.