Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money is currently committed to enhancements of the M1; and when the current programmes will be completed.
The following schemes have committed construction budgets.
Motorway | Approved Budget | Scheduled Completion |
M1 J28-31 Smart Motorway | £205.8m (plus £14m of additional resurfacing) | Q4 2015/16
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M1 J32-35a Smart Motorway | £125.5m | Q4 2016/17
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M1 J39-42 Smart Motorway | £120m | Q3 2015/16
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M1 J19 Improvements | £190.7m | Q3 2016/17
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M1 J13-19 Smart Motorway | Phase 1 is M1 J19-16 approved budget of £101.6m scheduled to start Q3 2015/16. | Overall scheme (J143-19) is scheduled to complete in 2021/22
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M1 J38 North Bound Exit-Slip | Dropped kerbs and improved signing, cost of £146k | August 2015
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M1 J37 South Bound Exit-Slip | Signing improvements, cost of £462k. | September 2015
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There are other interventions planned on the M1 which do not yet have confirmed costs, but timescales are:
- M1 J24-25 Smart Motorway starting 2016/17 and completing 2017/18
- M1 Junction 45 improvement starting in 2017, completion not yet confirmed
- M1 J23a-24 Smart Motorway starting before end 2019/20, completion not yet confirmed