High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the high occupancy vehicle lane on the M1 will be the (a) outside and (b) inside lane of the motorway.

Dr. Ladyman
It is currently anticipated that the dedicated high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on the M1 would be positioned in the outside lane, i.e. adjacent to the central reservation in both directions. However, the final decisions on how the proposals for HOV lanes at this location will be taken forward will be made only once the Highways Agency has completed further work to elaborate the details of the proposed scheme.