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London Bus Routes
Lord Berkeley asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman on 23 October (WA 221), how many miles of road in London carry scheduled bus services.
Baroness Hayman: The Department, London Transport and the boroughs do not record information on the total length of roads used by scheduled buses in London. However, the most important bus routes in London--those carrying over 15 buses per hour and some linking routes--are in the London bus priority network or form part of the red route network. The total length of these bus routes is around 840 miles.
Hammersmith Bridge
Lord Brabazon of Tara asked Her Majesty's Government:
- When they expect Hammersmith Bridge to reopen to traffic.
Baroness Hayman: Arrangements for reopening Hammersmith Bridge are the responsibility of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
I understand that the borough's programme of strengthening work is due to be completed by the end of the summer of 1999. Whilst the works are in hand, the borough intends to initiate discussions on the future use of the bridge.
Road Safety: Unpublished Research
Lord Walton of Detchant asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions will list the completed, unpublished, research undertaken by the department over the last 10 years on road safety issues; and whether the department will undertake to make this unpublished research available to interested bodies.
Baroness Hayman: It is normal practice for the final reports of research projects to be published, or, if they are of limited interest, to be made available on demand, except in rare cases where there are particular reasons--such as commercial confidentiality--not to do so. Whilst projects are in progress a number of interim reports may be produced which are normally unpublished, but the contents of these are usually included in the published final reports. The department is always happy to assist in the provision of results of research projects but a complete list of unpublished reports over the past 10 years is not available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.
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