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Dept for Transport;Highways Agency

Answer

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of new (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads have been constructed in each of the last five years. [87910] Mr. Jamieson: I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency, Tim Matthews, to write to the hon. Member. Letter from T. Matthews to Mr. Nigel Evans, dated 19 December 2002: I have been asked by David Jamieson to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking how many miles of new motorways and trunk roads have been constructed in each of the last five years. In England a total length of 68.31 miles of new motorway and 139.86 miles of new trunk road have been constructed over the last five years. More detailed information is shown in the table below. Miles _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Motorways Trunk road Year of completion Newly constructed Widened Upgraded from APTR Newly constructed Widened 1997-98 11.37 12.5 13.125 46.875 18.06 1998-99 0 7.94 13.125 12.375 7.875 1999-2000 0 0 0 24.75 2.5 2000-01 10.25 0 0 13.75 0 2001-02 0 0 0 0 0 2002-03 0 0 0 1.8 11.875 Sub total 21.62 20.44 26.25 99.55 40.31 Grand total 68.31 139.86 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. I hope that this is helpful. If you would like more information, Graham Rainbow of the Programme Planning and Development team, would be pleased to help. He can be contacted at our offices at Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL, or by telephone on 0121 678 8008.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

87910; 396 c942W;396 c940W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Construction Motorways Roads

Link

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