Written question asked by Robert Hicks (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 December 1996. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of Transport.

Dept of Transport

Question: What is the status of the proposed A38 Second Tamar crossing. - Inc ref to report of economic study on the impact of the second Tamar crossing on Plymouth and south-east Cornwall (in Lib as DEP/3 4252).

Answer: Sir Robert Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the status of the proposed A38 second Tamar crossing; and if he will make a statement. [8091] Mr. Watts: In the light of a recently completed economic study on the impact of the second Tamar crossing on Plymouth and south-east Cornwall, I have decided to abandon the proposed scheme announced in May 1994. This will remove the present uncertainty about the proposals and lift the planning blight from this area of Saltash. A number of properties have been acquired under the blight provisions, and these will be put back on the market as soon as possible. The study report has concluded that the effects would be mixed, but that there was no clear case for a second crossing. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library.

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