asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many (a) route kilometres, and (b) lane kilometres were added to the trunk road network in Great Britain for each year between 1990 and 2006; and at what cost. [HL4815]
The table below shows scheme length (route kilometres) and additional lane kilometres added to the trunk road network since 1997. The Highways Agency does not hold relevant data prior to 1997.
The Highways Agency is currently considering scheme outturn costs for 2006-07 and is unable to provide cost per lane km figures until these have been verified.
Financial Year Scheme Length km Lane km added to HA network Cost per lane km in cash terms (£m) Cost per lane km in real terms (£m) 1997-98 124 433 1.8 2.8 1998-99 61.6 107 3.8 4.4 1999-00 6.7 38 5.9 10.2 2000-01 15 117 1.8 2.7 2001-02 3.3 7 20.3 34.9 2002-03 55 224 0.9 1.2 2003-04 112.5 450 2 2.6 2004-05 52.8 191 1.2 1.6 2005-06 54.2 89 2.6 3.5 31/3/2006 –31/12/2006 41.8 71.9 n/a n/a
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many (a) route kilometres, and (b) lane kilometres were added to the non-trunk road network in Great Britain for each year between 1990 and 2006; and at what cost. [HL4816]
Data on road schemes and adoption of roads by local authorities are not collected centrally. Annual figures on kilometres added and associated costs are therefore not available.
However, the Department for Transport does make annual estimates of total road lengths and these are split into trunk and non-trunk groupings. The statistical series on road lengths was last published in Section 4 of Road Traffic Statistics: 2005. A copy of this report, published in July 2006, was placed in the House Library and it is also available at: www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/roadstraffic/traffic/rtstatistics/roadtrafficstatistics 2005int5419
asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many grade-separated junctions were added to the road network in Great Britain for each year between 1990 and 2006; and at what cost. [HL4817]
Annual figures on the number and cost of grade-separated junctions added to the trunk and non-trunk road network are not collected centrally and are therefore not available.
However, the Department for Transport does make annual estimates of total road lengths and these are split into trunk and non-trunk groupings. The statistical series on road lengths was last published in Section 4 of Road Traffic Statistics: 2005. A copy of this report, published in July 2006, was placed in the House Library and it is also available at: www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/roadstraffic/traffic/rtstatistics/roadtrafficstatistics 2005int5419
Details of Highways Agency schemes, including junction improvements, can be found on the Highways Agency website at www.highways.gov.uk.