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Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 January 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Multi-modal Studies

Question
(2) how much his Department contributed to the (a) A453, (b) A52, (c) A34 and (d) M60 Multi-modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced;
Answer

The cost of each Multi-modal Study funded by the Department for Transport is set out in the following tableThe Multi-modal Studies were strategic transport studies which developed recommendations for implementation over the short, medium and longer term up to 2031. Many of the schemes recommended required further detailed development and appraisal work before being ready for implementation. In our responses to the Multi-modal Studies we set out the way in which we wished to see the study recommendations taken forward by the relevant delivery agencies.Our responses to the Studies were placed in the Library of the House at the time of the announcements. I would refer the hon. Member to my answer of 2 February 2006, Official Report, columns 658–62W, to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) which shows the schemes recommended by the Multi-modal Studies that have reached the stage of Programme Entry or equivalent with agreed funding allocations.

Cost of Multi-modal Studies
Study Cost (£ million)
Tranche 1
Access to Hastings 0.6
Cambridge to Huntingdon 1.1
South East Manchester 1.2
West Midlands Area 1.0
West Midlands to North West (M6) 2.0
London to South West and South Wales 1.8
Tyneside Area 1.4
South and West Yorkshire Motorway Box 2.5
A453 1.3
North South Movements in the East Midlands (Ml) 1.8
Transport Solutions Around London (M25) 3.7
Sub total 18.4
Tranche 2
South Coast Corridor 1.7
Thames Valley 1.2
M60 Junction 12–18 1.4
A1 North of Newcastle 0.7
Hull East/West Corridor 0.9
London to Ipswich (A12) 1.4
London to South Midlands 3.0
West Midlands to East Midlands 1.8
Sub total 12.1
Tranche 3
Norwich to Peterborough 0.9
A34 North from Southampton (Scoping Study) 0.01
A52 Corridor 0.8
Sub total 1.71
Total 32.21

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44752; 442 c1055-7W;442 c1055-7W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Multi-modal Studies
Thursday, 2 February 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Costs Construction Roads Research Transport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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