§ 32. Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the 1962 expense and inconvenience caused to the travelling public by the circuitous route through small English villages which forms the only road at present between North and South Wales; and whether he has under consideration any proposal for a main direct trunk road between these two areas wholly within the principality?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Herbert Morrison)My predecessor caused a special survey to be made with a view to determining the most satisfactory line for an improved north and south route through Central Wales, having due regard to engineering and financial considerations. As a result a line has been chosen in co-operation with the highway authorities concerned which follows for the most part existing roads in Glamorganshire, Carmarthenshire, Breconshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire. Various improvements of the roads embodied in this route have been accepted under the Trunk Road Programme.