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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2016 to Question 26148, on roads: investment, which two projects are not progressing on or ahead of schedule; and when those projects are now expected to be completed.

Andrew Jones

The two projects referred to in Question 26148 are:

A63 Castle Street: this has a commitment to be complete by March 2021 but the current forecast is for August 2021.

The decision to defer was to avoid construction taking place during the year of culture.

A30 Temple to Carblake

This is being delivered by Cornwall County Council: This was originally due to Open for traffic in December 2016, although we understand from Cornwall County Council that current forecast is February 2017.