Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the total mileage of the (a) M1, (b) M5, (c) M6, (d) M25, (e) M62 and (f) M4 operated (i) without reduced speed restrictions and (ii) at a reduced speed due to roadworks on 31 August 2015.

On the 31^st August the total proportion of miles with speed reductions due to roadworks was 10 per cent for the (a) M1, (b) M5, (c) M6, (d) M25, (e) M62 and (f) M4 combined. Roadworks will inevitably arise as part of this Government’s ambitious £15.2bn plan of capital investment to improve the capacity and condition of England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads which includes a tripling of the annual level of investment on road enhancements by the end of the decade.