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Roads: Finance

Volume 494: debated on Friday 26 June 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much capital funding has been spent on roads in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (281849)

The following table provides information on how much capital funding has been spent on roads in (a) Essex in each of the last five years. Information is not held centrally on funding that has been allocated to (b) Castle Point constituency.

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Highways agency major schemes (costing over £5 million)

2.1

4.7

4.9

14.3

4.8

Highways agency schemes (costing under £5 million)

0.583

4.113

0.365

2.396

1.016

Local highway authority schemes (costing over £5 million)

0

1.4

0

0

0

Community infrastructure funding

0

0

0.534

4.446

3.503

In addition, Ministers also announced on 29 March 2009 funding for three further community infrastructure fund schemes being promoted by Essex county council. No expenditure has yet to be provided to the following schemes:

New A12 Junction—£11.2 million

First Avenue Multi Modal Corridor—£3.58 million

A414 dualling—£9.9 million.

The Department for Transport also provides integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities, which would include Essex county council. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 773W, which provides the funding support provided to Essex county council in the last five years.