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Dept for Transport

Answer

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the traffic flows on the A27 (a) through Worthing and (b) around Arundel were (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available; [165699] (2) what representations he has received (a) for and (b) against improvements for traffic on the A27 (i) through Worthing and (ii) around Arundel. [165701] Mr. Jamieson: Traffic flows on the A27 (a) through Worthing and (b) around Arundel (i) in 1997 and (ii) 2002--the latest date for which figures are available--are given in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Location Two-way annual average daily traffic (AADT) 1997 Clapham, west of Worthing 24,893 1997 North Lancing, east of Worthing Not available 1997 Walberton, west of Arundel 24,633 1997 Poling, east of Arundel 27,609 2002 Clapham, west of Worthing 26,800 2002 North Lancing, east of Worthing 52,800 2002 Walberton, west of Arundel 26,700 2002 Poling, east of Arundel 28,400 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Since the Secretary of State's announcement on 9 July 2003, Ministers have received five representations in support of improvements on the A27 through Worthing and 11 representations in support of improvements on the A27 through Arundel. No representations for or against proposed short- term, small-scale improvements for traffic on the A27 through Worthing and around Arundel have been received.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

420 c53W; 165699;165701

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Road traffic Road traffic control A27 Worthing Arundel

Contains statistics

Yes

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