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Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 July 2008. It was answered by Tom Harris (Labour) on Thursday, 17 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

A36

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the Highways Agency spent £449,000 on work associated with the construction of the roundabout on the A36 at Ower in New Forest East constituency; for what reasons the roundabout has not been built; and if she will break down by category the expenditure incurred on the project in each year since 2002.
Answer

[holding answer 14 July 2008]: The Highways Agency has spent approximately £449,000 on preparatory work for a proposed roundabout scheme with an estimated cost of £2.5 million to improve safety for road users at the junction of Whinwhistle Road and the A36 Salisbury Road. This work was carried out due to the very poor accident history at this T junction on the trunk road prior to 2003.The roundabout has not been built at this highly sensitive rural location because since it was proposed, several other measures have been implemented. Subsequent monitoring shows that these measures have been effective and reduced the number of accidents by 50 per cent. and their severity to more satisfactory, national norms.The breakdown of expenditure by category type for this scheme between financial year 2002-03 and financial year 2007-08 is as follows:

HA activity description 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Total
Surveys-Topographical/Ecological/Drainage/Archaeological — — — 7,330 26,510 13,030 46,870
Outline Design/Lighting — — — 20,676 50,771 4,144 75,591
Value Engineering Design/CDM — — — 562 22,348 46,002 68,912
Scheme Management — — — 1,429 34,915 62,644 98,988
Studies/Surveys Traffic 790 26,276 28,553 15,870 78,347 1,057 150,893
Safety Audits/Specialist — — — 857 1,043 755 2,655
Supervision 2,908 — — — — 1,061 3,969
Total 3,698 26,276 28,553 46,724 213,934 128,693 447,878

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
218456; 479 c609-10W;479 c607-8W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
A36
Link
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