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WA 73

Written Answers

[15 MARCH 1993]

Number

Italy

Rome Embassy

Rome FAO

Holy See

Florence

Milan

Naples

TOTAL

Netherlands

The Hague Embassy Amsterdam

TOTAL

Spain

Madrid Embassy

Barcelona

Bilbao

Malaga

Palma

TOTAL

37

I

2

162

49

21

23

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LONDON UNDERPASSES AND CYCLE LANE

PROVISIONS

24

31

2

36

Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the underpasses in London under construction or approved and show the cost of each, and indicate which are being provided with cycle tracks.

The Minister of State, Department of Transport (The Earl of Caithness): Underpasses at the following locations are under construction or have been approved for construction:

Under construction with cycle track outside underpass: A406 North Circular Road

Harrow Road NW10

A40 Long Lane Hillingdon

Approved with cycle track outside underpass:

A406 North Circular Road:

Fore Street N18

Falloden Way NW11

Regents Park Road NW11

Hackney-M11 Link:

Greenham interchange

A13 Choats Manor Way Interchange

A40 Western Circus

Approved with no specific provision for cyclists:

East London River Crossing:

Rockcliffe Gardens

Plumstead

Approved with cycle lane:

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Written Answers

WA 74

Prestons Road Roundabout £2.5 million (London

Docklands Development scheme)

Notes

1. Where no costs are shown the underpasses are being provided as part of a major trunk road improvement.

2. On trunk road schemes cycle tracks are normally provided at ground level to avoid taking them through the underpass.

SAFE SEAS POLICY

Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their policy towards the communication adopted by the European Commission last month on a common policy on safe seas.

The Earl of Caithness: We support Community action to eliminate sub-standard shipping and to minimise maritime accidents. The Commission's analysis and conclusions closely mirror our own views on sub-standard shipping, the application and enforcement of international standards and the need for concerted action.

LONDON CAR JOURNEYS: SURVEY

Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of car journeys in London are estimated to be five miles or less and 10 miles or less respectively and in what proportion of journeys the car contains only one person.

The Earl of Caithness: In 1985-86, the latest year for which estimates are available, the national travel survey found that 67 per cent. of car driver journey stages by London residents were five miles or less in length and 86 per cent were of 10 miles or less in length. The car contained only one person in 58 per cent. of the five miles or less journeys, and 59 per cent. of the 10 miles or less journeys. These estimates include journeys by London residents outside London but exclude journeys by non-London residents in London.

LONDON CYCLE ROUTES: NETWORK

Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the practical ways in which they have supported the 1,000 mile network of cycle routes in London.

The Earl of Caithness: About 96 per cent. of the network is on local roads which are the responsibility of the London borough councils. The remainder is on DoT trunk roads.

We are supporting the cycle network in the following ways:-

--where practicable, cycle routes on trunk roads and crossing points of the trunk road network are being provided by DOT;

-the criteria for transport supplementary grant have been amended so that cycling schemes on local authority roads which comprise or form part of a local

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