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Roads

Answer

The acting chief executive of Roads Service (Mr. Geoff Allister) has written to the hon. Lady in response to this question.Letter from Mr. Geoff Allister, dated 3 July 2006:"You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding how many vehicles per day on average use the A8 Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Belfast.""As this issue falls within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.""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.""Roads Service has automatic traffic counting equipment at five different locations along the A8 between Larne and Sandyknowes roundabout in Glengormley. The latest data (2005) on the annual average daily number of vehicles using the A8 is shown in the table below."

Location	Annual average daily flow (two-way)
A8 Sandyknowes to Corr’s Corner	15,009
A8 on dual carriageway north of Corr’s Corner	17,714
A8 north of Bruslee recycling amenity site	11,048
A8 north of Ballynure	13,325
A8 at Drumnahoe near Larne	17,566

"I hope this information is helpful."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

81808; 448 c952-3W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Northern Ireland Roads

Link

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