Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s most recent estimate or calculation is of the cost of each of the road projects described in the Government’s press release, Major Roads Investment in the east of England, published on 1 December 2014.
Andrew Jones
These projects are at various levels of maturity.
Schemes which are now open to traffic and schemes in development/construction are shown below, with the actual out-turn cost and latest estimate respectively:
Scheme Name |
Estimated Cost (£m) |
Source of Estimate |
A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon |
1,249 to 1,848 |
In development |
A5-M1 link road |
162.1 |
Under construction |
A11 Fiveways to Thetford |
104.7 |
Scheme complete |
For the remaining schemes outlined in the 1 December 2014 announcement, the current costs are the cost category as quoted in the RIS Investment Plan, which can be found at:
There is currently no cost information for the Strategic Studies as they are in the very early stages of investigating options.
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