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Written Question
Motorways: Noise
Monday 10th November 2014

Asked by: Mike Thornton (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that motorways violating EU noise emissions are resolved within a two-year timescale; and if he will take steps to speed-up the resurfacing work on the areas of M27 between Fareham and Eastleigh.

Answered by John Hayes

The European Noise Directive requires Member States to produce noise maps and noise action plans every five years, which have been produced by Defra. The European Noise Directive does not set any noise limits and there are no ‘EU noise emissions’ for motorways or other roads to violate.

The Highways Agency has informed me that due to the various road surface materials along the M27 between Eastleigh and Fareham, resurfacing of the road is a complex operation and it is not possible to bring the scheme forward. Resurfacing is carried out for maintenance reasons and this work is not expected to be required until 2017/18.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Local Bus Services

"The interesting thing is that the hon. Lady almost dismisses the vast amount of extra money that London transport receives, the hugely increased population, which is larger than that of Scotland, and the compactness of the area in which London transport operates. It is totally different from anywhere else in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Local Bus Services

"Interestingly, we seem to be hearing arguments in favour of quality contracts being imposed by central Government. I am not sure whether that is what the Opposition are after, but it seems rather odd to take away local authorities’ decision making. Buses are extraordinarily important, as everyone who has spoken …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What steps his Department is taking to support the take-up of low- emission vehicles...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the pioneering initiative the Government have put in place and the efforts to ensure that this country becomes a global leader in the field. However, I recently met representatives from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, who brought to my attention the danger that these very quiet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2014
Flooding: Transport Disruption

"As the effects of climate change multiply and increase, it is likely that events that now seem unusual will become more and more usual. Can the Secretary of State assure me that his current plans for transport infrastructure strengthening will be reviewed in the light of the fact that what …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
High Speed 2

"Is it not always a good idea constantly to make savings and improve delivery? Is that not what every businessman would do every day of his life? To say that that is not a good idea is very strange...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 09 Jan 2014
Disabled People (Access to Transport)

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs Ellman) and her Committee on their excellent and valuable report. There are more than 11 million people in Great Britain with a disability, and current circumstances mean that many feel they are treated like second-class passengers. It is evident from the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 09 Jan 2014
Disabled People (Access to Transport)

"Velvet Bus in my constituency is working on such an app. It would be encouraging if the Government got behind that kind of private development and worked with the company to provide it nationwide...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Given the major changes in the rural population over the past 100 years, which has made it increasingly difficult to provide an effective service based on the traditional mid-20th century model of rural bus services that is currently used, what research has the Department done to look at alternative 21st-century …..."
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