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Transport Projects

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was (a) allocated and (b) approved by his Department for transport projects in (i) the Greater Manchester sub-region and (ii) the Merseyside sub-region in each of the last two years. (106835)

The following table details funding approved by the Department for Transport for Greater Manchester and Merseyside transport projects in each of the last two years.

£ million

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

Local transport plan

2005-06

102.66

61.492

2006-07

79.478

49.086

Targeted programme of improvements

2005-06

47.3

0.7

2006-07

6.0

1.4

In addition to the above, the recent Regional Funding Allocations exercise identified the following schemes as requiring funding (subject to technical appraisal) in 2006-07:

£ million

Greater Manchester

20.7

Greater Manchester Urban Traffic Control Scheme

1

Metrolink Extensions

4.3

Rochdale Interchange

1.5

Metrolink Phase 1 and 2 Renewals

13.9

Merseyside

10.948

Liverpool Hall Lane Gateway

4.7

Liverpool Edge Lane

6.248

Both sub-regions have also benefited significantly from the £8.6 billion West Coast Route Modernisation Programme.