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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 December 2012. It was answered by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

A14

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how often (a) one carriageway and (b) two carriageways have been closed (i) for routine maintenance or upgrade and (ii) due to a road traffic accident on the (A) eastbound A14 and (B) westbound A14 in Suffolk in each of the last three years.

[134429]

Answer

The tables show the data requested, where figures are available. The requested information has been extracted from the Highways Agency's Schedule of Road works system. Entries on to the system do not always include a carriageway direction ie, eastbound or westbound. This is shown in the following tables as “Unknown direction”.

One carriageway closure for routine maintenance and upgrade
Eastbound
 Westbound
 Unknown direction
2009
 4
 5
 1
2010
 11
 15
 3
2011
 4
 5
 2
Two carriageway closures for routine maintenance and upgrade
Number
2009
 1
2010
 1
2011
 1
One carriageway closure due to a road traffic accident
Eastbound
 Westbound
 Unknown direction
2009
 7
 10
 3
2010
 8
 5
 6
2011
 15
 7
 4
Two carriageway closures due to a road traffic accident
Number
2009
 4
2010
 4
2011
 1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134429; 555 c798W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
A14
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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