To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what monitoring his Department is undertaking of the proportion of cars using the Limehouse link road which are starting or completing their journeys in the docklands area.
The LDDC, in liaison with the Department of Transport, is monitoring traffic flows on the new docklands roads, including Limehouse link and on other routes through the docklands area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed on the construction of the Limehouse link road.
The average number of people employed, during construction of the Limehouse link road, was 700.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost of the construction of the Limehouse link road, broken down into (a) cost of relocation, (b) cost of land acquisition and (c) construction costs; and what was the additional cost of bringing the project back on schedule from the delays during the early part of the contract.
The total construction costs of the Limehouse link road were as follows:
| £ million | |
| Cost | |
| (a) Cost of replacement housing | 108·2 |
| (b) Cost of land acquisition | 12·6 |
| (c) Final price of construction contract | 255·1 |