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Written question asked by Lord Berkeley (Labour) on Monday, 1 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 February 2016. It was answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 February 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways: Devon

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 28 January (HL Deb, col 1405), what is the estimated cost of the next two years’ work by Network Rail that has now been cancelled on (1) the stabilisation of the cliff between Parsons and Teignmouth, and (2) breakwaters, groynes and revetments in the Dawlish area; and what are the new estimated completion dates for those works.

Answer

No work on this study has been cancelled. Network Rail is currently progressing the Exeter to Newton Abbot geo-environmental study on the existing route via Dawlish to explore options which will reduce the chances of future route failure. The work will produce a short-list of options for further strengthening of the existing railway from Control Period 6 (CP6) (2019 to 2024) and beyond. It is due to be fully complete in May 2016 and will feed into the funding deliberations for CP6 and beyond.

Plans for Control Period 6 will be defined through the standard industry planning processes. These will take into account the recommendations of the Bowe and Shaw reviews and the re-profiling carried out by Sir Peter Hendy, along with the views of both PRTF and Network Rail .This process is led by Network Rail, with input from a wide range of stakeholders and funders, and covers the needs of each 5-year Rail Investment Strategy (RIS) with consideration of longer term requirements up to 2043.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5652
Session
2015-16
Related items
High Speed 2 Line
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Written questions
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Railways: South-West Network
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Oral answers to questions
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Subjects
Costs Devon Railways Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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