{"value":{"id":1753367,"askingMemberId":5366,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","uin":"HL3835","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total cost of the smart motorway programme to date, broken down by each motorway.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4972,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>National Highways has managed smart motorways as a programme since 2013. The total spend to date on reconfiguring sections of the motorway network to predominantly All Lane Running (ALR) smart motorways in England since 2013 is £5.075 billion. The table below breaks this down by each motorway scheme:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ALR scheme</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 13 to 16</p></td><td><p>452.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 19 to 16</p></td><td><p>192.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 23a to 24</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 24 to 25</p></td><td><p>97.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 28 to 31</p></td><td><p>203.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 32 to 35a</p></td><td><p>108.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 junctions 39 to 42</p></td><td><p>124.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M20 junctions 3 to 5</p></td><td><p>146.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M23 junctions 8 to 10</p></td><td><p>227.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 junctions 23 to 27</p></td><td><p>159.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 junctions 5 to 7</p></td><td><p>105.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M27 junctions 4 to 11</p></td><td><p>281.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M3 junctions 2 to 4a</p></td><td><p>182.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 junctions 3 to 12</p></td><td><p>922.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M5 junctions 4a to 6</p></td><td><p>133.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M56 junctions 6 to 8</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 junctions 10a to 13</p></td><td><p>97.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 junctions 13 to 15</p></td><td><p>305.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 junctions 16 to 19</p></td><td><p>253.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 junctions 2 to 4</p></td><td><p>220.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 junctions 21a to 26</p></td><td><p>267.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M62 junctions 10 to 12</p></td><td><p>148.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M62 junctions 18 to 20</p></td><td><p>297.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>5,075</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, National Highways is investing £900 million over the second road investment strategy (RIS2) to add further safety features to smart motorways. This includes £390 million to construct over 150 additional emergency areas on existing ALR smart motorways, which is due to complete in March.</p><p> </p><p>This government takes road safety very seriously, we have been clear, we will not roll out new smart motorways.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Motorways","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753367","method":"GET"}]}