M1

(asked on 20th July 2015) - View Source

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.


This question was answered on 27th July 2015

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

M1 J32-35a Smart Motorway

£125.5m

Q4 2016/17

M1 J39-42 Smart Motorway

£120m

Q3 2015/16

M1 J19 Improvements

£190.7m

Q3 2016/17

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

M1 J38 North Bound Exit-Slip

Dropped kerbs and improved signing, cost of £146k

August 2015

M1 J37 South Bound Exit-Slip

Signing improvements, cost of £462k.

September 2015

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

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