Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there are any plans to widen the A65 which connects Cumbria and North Lancashire to Yorkshire.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The A65 runs from the M6 in Cumbria to Leeds in Yorkshire and is the responsibility of the five local authorities along its route. I am not aware that any of the local authorities have plans to widen the section of route that runs through their area.
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on services to Carnforth Station when High Speed 2 is completed.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
No assessment has been made of the effect of HS2 on services to Carnforth Station. However, a significant amount of capacity will be released on existing lines as a result of HS2, which creates a huge opportunity for the reconfiguration and improvement of services. Network Rail has begun thinking about how to make use of the opportunities that High Speed Rail brings to the rail network as a whole, and you can read more about this in their Better Connections report. Network Rail estimate that over 100 towns and cities could benefit from quicker, more frequent journeys and better connections when HS2 phase two is complete.
An illustrative timetable has been developed in order to allow us to assess the likely costs and benefits of HS2, and this factors in some changes to train services as a result of released capacity on existing lines. However, this illustrative timetable was created for modelling purposes and more work needs to take place through open consultation to determine what actual services would look like.
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which governmental body will make funds available for a feasibility study on developing a highway road tunnel under Morcambe Bay from Heysham M6 Link Road to Barrow-in-Furness.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
This is a local issue and it would be for Lancashire and Cumbria county councils as the local highways authorities to consider whether to take forward such a study in consultation with the Local Enterprise Partnerships for their areas.
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The most recent data available for total public expenditure on transport is given in HM Treasury's Country and Regional Analysis: 2013. Identifiable expenditure on transport for the North West was £1,876m in 2012-13, £1,939m in 2011-12, £2,099m in 2010-11 and £2,337m in 2009-10. Equivalent data is not available below regional level.
The Country and Regional analysis covers Department for Transport-managed spending combined with other transport-related expenditure elsewhere (e.g. transport expenditure by local government bodies, which are covered by CLG).
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which governmental body will make funds available to fund a feasibility study into the reinstatement of platforms at Carnforth Station on the West Coast Main Line.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 196W.
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the relevant local authority is to fund or reinstate Carnforth Station rail platforms on the West Coast mainline following their removal in error in the 1970s.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 196W.
Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on upgrading Carnforth Railway Station for additional future services.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The winning bidder of the TransPennine Express franchise will be expected to deliver improved service quality to customers at all TransPennine Express stations, including Carnforth.
The provision of additional infrastructure at Carnforth is a matter for Network Rail.