73. Mr. Vyvyan Adamsasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the great and growing volume of traffic on the highway to the north of the Metropolis, known as the Great Cambridge Arterial Road; that there is abundant margin available for the widening of the roadway which is at present narrow; and whether he will forthwith have the matter put in hand?
§ Mr. BurginI have already made a grant from the Road Fund towards the cost, estimated at £61,44o, of duplicating the carriageway and constructing cycle tracks between Lordship Lane and North Circular Road, and this work is nearly completed. I have also approved in principle similar proposals for the remainder of the road in Middlesex, and the county council hope to begin work on a further section in the present financial year.