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M2 Motorway

Answer

The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin:"You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what the average daily number of vehicles using the M2 Motorway Citybound was between (a) the Toome Bypass and the A26 junction, (b) the A26 junction and the Sandyknowes junction and (c) Sandyknowes junction and Belfast in the latest period for which figures are available.""I have been asked to reply as this issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service.""By way of background, I should explain that Roads Service collects traffic volume data by means of 270 automatic census points strategically located throughout the Northern Ireland road network. The information is recorded for one week in each quarter during the year and an annual average calculated. The results are published in Roads Service's annual Traffic and Travel Information Report, which presents the traffic volumes in a variety of formats for each site.""The latest data on the average daily number of vehicles using the M2 Motorway citybound to Belfast is shown in the table below."

Location	Average daily flow
M2 between Toome Bypass and A26 junction.	7,740
M2 between A26 junction and Sandyknowes junction.	16,090
M2 between Sandyknowes junction and Belfast.	31,540

"I hope this information is helpful."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

443 c373W;443 c373W; 52724

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Northern Ireland Motorways Road traffic Roads M2

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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