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M6 Toll Road

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of the creation of the M6 toll road on the number of vehicles using alternative motorways and roads in the area. (112822)

Following the opening of the M6 toll a number of reports have been produced. These include the M6 Traffic Monitoring Study: Traffic Impact Study Report which covered the first three months after opening and the M6 Toll After Study: Traffic and Safety Summary which covered the first year of opening. Both reports are available on the Highways Agency website at:

http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/documents/220_m6_toll _traffic_study.pdf

http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/documents/one_year_ after_study.pdf

Copies have also been placed in the Libraries of the House. The Highways Agency continues to monitor traffic flows on the motorway and trunk roads in the area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) cars, (b) lorries and (c) motorbikes used the M6 toll road in each year since its creation. (112823)

The operators of the M6 toll, Midland Expressway Limited, have provided the following figures showing the annual number of vehicles using the toll road since it opened in December 2003. In addition to the categories requested, the company separately records details of vans and light commercial vehicles and these have also been included.

Cars

Lorries

Motorcycles

Vans/light commercial

Total

2004

15,775,261

261,787

41,356

664,441

16,742,845

2005

15,244,547

378,385

35,040

686,377

16,344,349

20061

11,961,606

362,365

31,142

567,641

12,922,754

Sub total

42,981,414

1,002,537

107,538

1,918,459

46,009,948

1 To end of September.