Roads: Construction

(asked on 4th November 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2026 to Question 38531 on Roads: Construction, what the monetised greenhouse gas emissions impact was for each of the four cancelled schemes in their final economic appraisals.


Answered by
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 12th November 2026

The monetised greenhouse gas emissions impact of each of the four cancelled schemes, as assessed in their latest economic appraisals are as follows:

Scheme Name

Monetised Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(£000s, 2010 prices and values)

Date of latest assessment

A1 Morpeth to Ellingham

-£61,558

28/03/2024

A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down

-£87,694

14/09/2023

A12 Chelmsford to A120

-£150,051

20/11/2024

A47 Wansford to Sutton

-£18,102

25/04/2025

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