To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work on the new north-south relief road in Macclesfield to be completed.

I expect the section of road between Flash lane and Hibel road to open to traffic on 10 February. Work on the remaining section between Hibel road and Mill lane should be completed shortly after Easter.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the reasons for the delay in completing the new north-south relief road in Macclesfield.

Additional contract works, difficulties with the diversion of statutory undertakers apparatus and the late delivery of the Middlewood way footbridge are the main reasons for the delay in completion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which supplier was commissioned by his Department to provide the Middlewood way foot bridge for the north-south relief road in Macclesfield; at what cost this contract was placed; when it will be fulfilled; and why it was late in delivery.

The Middlewood way footbridge was included in the Department's contract for the relief road with Fairclough Civil Engineering at an estimated cost of £370,000. I expect work on the bridge to be completed in the next two weeks. The reasons for the delay in delivery are matters between Fairclough's and its suppliers.