Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects under the Road Investment Strategy are (a) completed, (b) ongoing and (c) still to be launched, by region; how many of those projects which are ongoing are (i) on schedule and (ii) on budget, by region; and how many of those projects which have been completed were on or under budget, by region.
Andrew Jones
North East & Yorkshire
Of the 112 projects listed in the RIS, 20 of these will be delivered in this region.
1 scheme has opened for traffic on schedule.
4 schemes are currently in construction – 3 are forecast to complete ahead of schedule and 1 on schedule.
Of the remaining 15 planned schemes 1 is forecast ahead of schedule, 1 forecast behind schedule and 13 on schedule.
North West
17 schemes are included for this region.
4 schemes are currently in construction – 2 are forecast to complete ahead of schedule and 2 on schedule.
Of the remaining 13 planned schemes 2 are forecast ahead of schedule and 11 on schedule.
Midlands
Total of 26 scheme in this region.
3 schemes have opened for traffic, 2 ahead of schedule and 1 behind schedule.
6 schemes are currently in construction – 4 are forecast to complete ahead of schedule and 2 on schedule.
Of the remaining 17 planned schemes 3 are forecast ahead of schedule and 14 on schedule.
South West
Total of 7 schemes in this region.
1 is in construction and is forecast behind schedule.
The remaining 6 planned schemes are all on schedule.
South East & London
Total of 26 schemes in this region.
2 are in construction, 1 is forecast ahead of schedule and 1 on schedule
Of the remaining 24 planned projects all are on schedule.
East
Total of 16 schemes.
2 are in construction and both are forecast ahead of schedule.
The remaining planned 14 schemes, 1 is forecast ahead of schedule and 13 are on schedule.
Overall schemes which are under construction are coming in or under budget. For schemes under development we would expect some movement in timescales or costs but overall Highways England is on course to deliver its commitments within the allocated funding.
