Written question asked by Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 June 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 June 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

A39

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding of the new section of the A39 at Camelford; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The A39 Camelford Distributor Road was provisionally approved by the Department in December 2000 at a cost of £6.8 million subject to the completion of the relevant statutory procedures and final approval by Ministers.We are aware that costs for the scheme have increased significantly and are now estimated to be £14.4 million.We therefore asked Cornwall county council to critically review the current benefit and cost assessment of this scheme in order to satisfy themselves that the scheme can be delivered to minimal additional cost and with a robust BCR. They are currently undertaking this work and future progress of the scheme will depend on the results of this assessment.

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