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Roads: Finance

Volume 467: debated on Monday 12 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much capital has been allocated by local authorities to new road projects in Huddersfield since 1997. (162547)

Kirklees Metropolitan borough council is responsible for local transport in Huddersfield. Since 1997, Kirklees has not submitted any requests for funding to this Department for new local major road schemes. However, in September 2007, Ministers agreed to provide £15 million for a scheme to repair nine bridges and 3.5 km of retaining walls on the highway maintained by Kirklees metropolitan borough council.

The following table shows the funding through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) settlement that has been allocated to Kirklees metropolitan borough council since 1997. It is for Kirklees metropolitan borough council to determine how its LTP allocation is spent, in line with the LTP for West Yorkshire and local priorities.

Capital highway maintenance

Integrated block

Total

Major schemes

1998-99

1.374

1.418

2.792

0

1999-2000

3.752

1.468

5.220

0

2000-01

6.227

6.227

0

2001-02

6.163

4.350

10.513

0

2002-03

6.405

3.746

10.151

0

2003-04

6.646

3.529

10.175

0

2004-05

8.398

3.554

11.952

0

2005-06

8.343

3.465

11.808

0

2006-07

5.851

3.837

9.688

2.098

2007-08

8.319

3.271

11.590

3.122

Note:

The major scheme total for 2006-07 includes expenditure incurred by the authority prior to the approval of their scheme which is to be reimbursed to the authority. The 2007-08 figure is the current forecast expenditure.