§ 40. Mr. THURTLEasked the Minister of Transport if he has any information as to the cause of the delay in carrying out the proposed widening scheme at the junction of Old Street and Kingsland Road, Shoreditch?
§ Colonel ASHLEY:I understand that the London County Council are taking all possible steps to expedite this improvement, which involves interference with two railway bridges and other structures. Arrangements have been concluded, I am informed, regarding the engineering details of the proposal, and there is reason to hope that the work may soon he put in hand.