§ 81. Mr. Simmondsasked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered the necessity of a new through road from the Kingston by-pass to Guildford; and whether he will prevent the construction of local by-passes around Esher, Cobham and Ripley until the major scheme has been fully investigated?
Captain HudsonMy right hon. Friend is advised that any necessary improvements can be effected on the existing alignment except between the Kingston by-pass and Cobham and at Ripley.
§ Mr. SimmondsIs it not a fact that now that the Kingston by-pass has been widened and modernised, this length of road between the by-pass and Guildford is a bottleneck to the whole of the roads to the south-west; and is it not imperative, in view of the fact that it is dangerously over-burdened, that the Minister should take a more radical attitude towards this problem?
§ Commander MarsdenHas any decision been arrived at with regard to the Kingston by-pass?
Captain HudsonA local inquiry is being arranged to take place very shortly. As regards the other supplementary question, I understand that by the widening of the existing road and building certain bypasses a thoroughly satisfactory road can be constructed there at very much less cost than by making an entirely new road.