§ 28. Lieut.-Colonel MAYHEWasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the ever-increasing volume of traffic which uses the route Rabbits Road, Fourth Avenue, and Browning Road as a means of avoiding the traffic congestion in the High Street, East Ham; and will he take steps to provide some additional safeguard for pedestrians and school children?
Mr. STANLEYAccording to the information before me this route is not much used by vehicles; and in the six months ended 31st March last only one accident involving serious injury has been reported as having occurred in the roads in question. In the circumstances no special proposals are now under my consideration for providing additional safeguards for pedestrians in these particular roads, but I will have further inquiries made.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MAYHEWWould the hon. Gentleman consider the making of an alternative route over the river, as was proposed some 20 years ago, with a view to relieving the congestion on the Romford Road and the High Street in East Ham, leading from East Ham to Ilford?