North Wiltshire
James Gray
- Conservative MP
- Majority of 5,303.
- Signed 7 Transport EDMs in this session.
- Used transport-related words in debates 233 times since May 2001.
Written Questions to DfT
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport… (26 since May 2001)
- (1) what the longest distance is that learner drivers are expected to travel to take a driving test; (2) what estimate she has made of the size of population that each driving test centre should serve. (19/5/2008)
- (1) what the reason was for her issue of advice to local authorities on 14 February for them to order temporary concessionary travel passes; (2) when she was first informed that Smartcard passes might not be ready by 1 April 2008; (3) what the reasons are for the time taken to produce the Smartcard passes for the concessionary travel scheme;... (19/5/2008)
- how many senior citizen bus passes were delayed on account of her Department's failure to give the necessary information to the contractors EUCLID in good time. (28/4/2008)
- how much of the £15 billion for rail infrastructure which she announced recently will be set aside for (a) new stations and (b) loops to permit slow trains on high speed train lines. (23/10/2007)
- how many new railway stations have been opened since privatisation; and how many are being constructed in England. (17/7/2007)
Roads
- 19 miles of motorway
- 57 miles of A-road
- 70 miles of B-road
- 556 miles of minor roads
Unleaded prices
- Highest: 116.9p (Esso, M4 J17-18, Leigh Delamere)
- Median: 109.7p
- Lowest: 101.9p (Sainsburys, Bath Road)
296th
most congested
310th
most accidents
266th
highest fuel price
Recent incidents
- One lane closed due to accident on M4 Westbound between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton) (12:13am, 9/9/2008)
- One lane closed and slow traffic due to accident on M4 Eastbound between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J16 A3102 / B4005 (Swindon West) (4:58pm, 5/9/2008)
- A429 Main Road both ways closed, slow traffic due to accident between Kingway View and Mill Lane (6:41am, 4/9/2008)
- One lane closed and slow traffic due to car fire and smoke blowing across the road on M4 Westbound between J16 A3102 / B4005 (Swindon West) and J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) (3:37pm, 1/9/2008)
- Queueing traffic and one lane closed due to serious multi-vehicle accident on M4 Westbound between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton), congestion on A350 to A420 Bristol Road / Bumpers Way (9:46am, 26/8/2008)
- M4 both ways closed due to serious accident between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton) (2:08am, 26/8/2008)
- M4 Westbound closed, stationary traffic due to serious multi-vehicle accident between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton) (9:59pm, 13/8/2008)
- M4 Westbound blocked, queueing traffic due to serious multi-vehicle accident between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton) (9:48pm, 13/8/2008)
- M4 both ways closed stationary traffic, queueing traffic due to accident between J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) and J18 A46 (Bath/Tormarton) (6:32pm, 1/6/2008)
- Three lanes blocked and long delays due to overturned lorry on M4 Westbound between J16 A3102 / B4005 (Swindon West) and J17 A350 / A429 / B4122 (Chippenham) (10:44am, 20/5/2008)