Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 25 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 January 2010. It was answered by Chris Mole (Labour) on Thursday, 4 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Construction

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many miles of new road lanes on (a) newly-built roads and (b) widening projects have been constructed in each year since 1997; and what the estimated cost of such construction has been.

Answer: [holding answer 28 January 2010]: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House. The table provided for local authority major road schemes provides information only from 2000 onwards.The Department for Transport does not currently hold detailed information centrally on local authority schemes, such as road lengths or whether the scheme is a new build or widening. Our Regional Transport Statistics publication does, however, provide data on road lengths by region in England and is available on the Department for Transport website at:"www.dft.gov.uk"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 505 c459W; 313784
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2010-0332
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Construction Roads
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