Written question asked by Richard Ottaway (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 December 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 December 1999. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 December 1999 on behalf of the Highways Agency.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions;Highways Agency

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when work will commence on the Coulsdon Inner Relief Road. - Text of letter from David York of Highways Agency.

Answer: Mr. Ottaway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when work will commence on the Coulsdon Inner Relief Road. [102501] Mr. Hill: I have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Peter Nutt, to write to the hon. Member. Letter from David York, on behalf of Mr. Peter Nutt, to Mr. Richard Ottaway, dated 15 December 1999: The Minister for Transport for London, Keith Hill, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the start of works for the A23 Coulsdon Inner Relief Road. I am replying in the absence of the Chief Executive, Peter Nutt. The scheme was included in the Targeted Programme of Improvements announced by the Secretary of State in July 1998. It will transfer to Transport for London in July 2000. We have recently appointed Consultant Engineers to prepare tender documents to allow work to start in early 2002.

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