HC Deb 04 July 1956 vol 555 c1325
39. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when it is proposed to start work on construction of a dual carriageway on the Great Cambridge Road between Bury Street, Edmonton, and Carterhatch Road, Enfield; when it is anticipated the work will be completed; and whether he will then proceed with the extension of the dual carriageway to the Hertfordshire border.

Mr. Watkinson

I expect that work will start in August and be completed by the early spring of 1958. I am unable to say when the dual carriageway will be extended to the Hertfordshire border.

Mr. Davies

While welcoming the fact that the work is to start soon, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he recalls that his predecessor stated that the work was to start early in the last financial year? Why cannot the work proceed on the whole length of the dual carriageway? This will be the first stage. The waste involved is considerable, because all the equipment has to be moved away and then brought back when the next stage is continued.

Mr. Watkinson

We are doing the most urgent job first. We have kept exactly to the promises which were made in the previous Answer by my right hon. Friend to which the hon. Gentleman referred.