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Written Question
A595
Thursday 23rd March 2023

Asked by: Mark Jenkinson (Conservative - Workington)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit cost ratio is in the Cumbria County Council submission for the Bothel road scheme.

Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

I can confirm that the Department has assessed that the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) for the A595 Strategic Improvements (Bothel) scheme is 0.91, meaning the scheme represents poor value for money. This means it would return less than £1 of benefits for every £1 of taxpayers money invested.

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