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date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M61
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2015 to Question 16383, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of traffic flow and congestion within Horwich arising from the decision not to construct Junction 7 on the M61.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	18604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>As Horwich lies within the Metropolitan Borough Council of Bolton, it is for Bolton Council, as the traffic authority for the area, working with TfGM, to consider the traffic flows within Horwich. The decision not to build Junction 7 was taken in the 1960s, but Highways England will re-assess the pressures on and needs of the M61 along with all other parts of the strategic road network in the course of its future development of route strategies. When the next round of Highways England’s Route Strategies commences early in 2016, there will be an opportunity to make the case for the creation of a Junction 7.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 17:13:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

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date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M61
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on traffic flow and congestion of the omission of the planned Junction 7 from the M61; and what representations his Department has received on how to mitigate those effects.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	16383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of the M61 was undertaken by the Highways Agency between 2012 and 2015 as part of the South Pennines Route Strategy. This utilised the advice and expertise of local councils and stakeholders. The final report was published in 2015 and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416749/South_Pennines.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416749/South_Pennines.pdf</a>.</p><br /><p>It identified traffic flow and congestion issues on the M61 where it merges with the M6 to the north and also where it approaches the M60 to the south. However no particular traffic flow and congestion problems were identified between Junctions 6 and 8.</p><br /><p>Highways England will revisit the evidence for the M61 as part of preparing the next iteration of Route Strategies.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2015 14:36:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green