Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of congestion on roads in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Estimates of road congestion levels for Parliamentary constituencies are not held centrally.
We do however hold data at the local authority level. Road congestion is measured in the Department by morning peak speeds, defined as 7am to 10am. In 2013, the average weekday morning peak speeds, on locally managed ‘A' roads in Blackburn with Darwen (local authority) and Lancashire County, both of which partly contain Rossendale and Darwen constituency, were estimated to be 19.3 and 25.3 miles per hour respectively. The equivalent figure for the whole of England in 2013 was 24.7 miles per hour.
Equivalent figures for earlier years back to 2007, and all other local highway authorities in England, can be found on the Department for Transport's website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to Lancashire County Council to repair potholes in (a) Lancashire and (b) Rossendale.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
From the £200 million to help fix potholes on the local road network announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the March 2014 Budget, £168 million will be for local authorities in England. This funding will be made available through a bidding exercise and it will be for Blackburn and Darwen Council to submit a bid to the Department. Guidance on how councils can apply for this funding will be made available in the coming weeks.
The Department for Transport has agreed to provide £90.1 million to Lancashire County Council for road maintenance during the financial years from 2011/12 to 2014/15. This funding can be used to help repair potholes.
Rossendale falls within Lancashire County Council's area of responsibility and we do not allocate any funds directly to the Borough Council for road maintenance.
Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated from the £200 million fund to repair potholes to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to repair potholes in Darwen.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
From the £200 million to help fix potholes on the local road network announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the March 2014 Budget, £168 million will be for local authorities in England. This funding will be made available through a bidding exercise and it will be for Blackburn and Darwen Council to submit a bid to the Department. Guidance on how councils can apply for this funding will be made available in the coming weeks.
The Department for Transport has agreed to provide £90.1 million to Lancashire County Council for road maintenance during the financial years from 2011/12 to 2014/15. This funding can be used to help repair potholes.
Rossendale falls within Lancashire County Council's area of responsibility and we do not allocate any funds directly to the Borough Council for road maintenance.