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Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 July 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 1 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Dept for Transport

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the value he puts on reducing road congestion when calculating a rail scheme's value for money.
Answer

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to reduce the value he puts on reducing road congestion when calculating a rail scheme's value for money. [66060] Mr. Jamieson: The Strategic Rail Authority's Freight Strategy, published in May 2001, announced that it was undertaking a review of the valuation of road congestion costs in time and money for lorry miles switched to rail. This review is on-going and I cannot prejudge the SRA's conclusions.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66060; 388 c110W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Cost effectiveness Costs Freight Large goods vehicles Railways Railway network Road traffic Roads
Link
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