The relevant data are not currently compiled to show information for B roads separately from other non-principal roads. The available data for local roads in England are shown in the following table:
£ per km Region Principal roads Non-principal roads East of England 24,492 5,967 East Midlands 16,640 5,541 North East 18,643 6,778 North West 24,585 8,110 South East 19,081 6,050 South West 17,738 4,243 West Midlands 20,447 5,798 Yorkshire and Humberside 18,355 5,346 London 157,313 16,086 England 28,473 6,366
Equivalent figures for Highways Agency maintained A roads are not readily available. Table 7.13 in Transport Statistics Great Britain, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House, provides estimates of Highways Agency expenditure on roads in Government Office Regions; however, this does not separately identify expenditure on maintenance from that on new construction, road improvements and winter servicing.
The traffic flows for the period from April 2005 to September 2006 are provided in a table, which has been placed in the Library of the House.
The traffic flows for the period January to September 2006 are provided in a table, which has been placed in the Library of the House.
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer of 6 November 2006, Official Report, columns 684-5W, to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling). I also refer to the answer that I gave on 8 May 2006, Official Report, column 23W.
The Department for Transport published its PSA target relating to a reliability measure of congestion for England in February 2006. This related to delays on the worst 10 per cent. of journeys for 103 recognisable routes that make up the strategic road network, and applied to the time period from 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005 (the baseline year). Details, including data for individual routes, can be found at:
http://www.dft.qov.uk/stellent/qroups/dft_transstats/documents/page/dft_transstats_611154.hcsp
The following tables list total route lengths transferred to local highway authorities in England under the White Paper “New Deal for Trunk Roads in England”.
Local highway authority Total (km) Bedfordshire 54 Buckinghamshire 29.56 Cambridgeshire 79 Cheshire 187.8 Cornwall 76 Cumbria 133.57 Derbyshire 137.3 Devon 95 Durham 36 Gloucestershire 84 Hampshire 23 Hertfordshire 102.452 Kent 30 Lancashire 94.15 Leicestershire 65 Lincolnshire 251.9 Norfolk 49.1 North Yorkshire 69.86 Northamptonshire 47.8 Northumberland 63.6 Nottinghamshire 90.2 Oxfordshire 97.8 Shropshire 80.9 Staffordshire 51.61 Suffolk 60 Warwickshire 37.5 Grand total 2,127.10
Local highway authority Total (km) Bradford City 15 Calderdale 20.26 Doncaster 21 Knowsley 6 Leeds City 46.4 Liverpool City 0.3 Rotherham 9.5 Salford City 4.5 Sefton 23.86 St Helens 19.83 Stockport 7.4 Tameside 1 Wigan 13.2 Wirral 10 Grand total 198.25
Local highway authority Total (km) City of York 23 East Riding of Yorkshire 50.5 North East Lincolnshire 1 North Lincolnshire 9 Nottingham City 7 Peterborough City 5 Rutland 19.5 Slough 4 Swindon 3.7 Telford & Wrekin 13.4 Warrington 1.5 West Berkshire 10.8 Grand total 148.4
Additionally, 275.98 kms of cross boundary routes has been de-trunked under the programme. It is not possible to separate this figure by local highway authority as the associated statutory instruments do not provide detail on how these routes were divided.
Traffic figures for the M6 Toll are published on the M6 Toll operator's website:
www.m6toll.co.uk
The daily averages of vehicles using the M6 Toll during the period from January to September 2006 in total, on work days and on weekends and public holidays have been placed in the Library of the House.