Written question asked by Lord Islwyn (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 1996. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of Transport.

Dept of Transport

Question: What is the appraisal methodology used to determine which trunk road improvements will (a) remain and (b) cease to be part of the road programme.

Answer: Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the appraisal methodology used to determine which trunk road improvements will (a) remain and (b) cease to be part of the road programme. [8368] Mr. Watts: Decisions on which schemes should be included within the £6 billion road programme announced by my right hon. Friend on 26 November were taken in the light of a number of factors for each scheme, including the benefit to cost ratio, the environmental impact, the importance of the route on which the scheme was situated, the perceived importance of the scheme in the region, the actual or potential statutory or generalised blight generated by the scheme and the time at which the unimproved road was likely to experience substantial congestion. Longer-term schemes, for many of which little detailed information was yet available, were mostly withdrawn.

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