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Departmental Public Expenditure

Volume 506: debated on Friday 26 February 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which projects have been allocated funding from the (a) Highways Agency Network Operations budget and (b) Technology Innovation Fund for (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15; and how much such funding each such project has already received. (319073)

The information requested is as follows:

(a) The Highways Agency was allocated £2.9 billion of programme expenditure in 2009-10 as presented in the Agency's 2009-10 Business Plan. The programme includes projects to maintain and operate the strategic road network.

There are over 3,000 which make up the programme allocation and it is not practicable to list each project. 2010-11 plans are being finalised and the following years are subject to the outcome of any future Spending Review.

(b) The Highways Agency was allocated funding for the A14 Corridor Traffic Management System and the Birmingham Box Phase 1 and 2 project from the Technology Innovation Fund for the periods 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Funding already allocated to the Highways Agency from the Technology Innovation Fund is as follows:

£ million

2009-10 Budget

2010-11 Indicative

Birmingham Box Phase 1 and 2

76

32

A14 Corridor TMS

46

7