§ 16. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made in the plan for a riverside highway from Blackfriars to Battersea Bridge.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIn consultation with my Department, officers of the London County Council and of the Port of London Authority have examined the technical aspects of this plan and have made a preliminary Report which is now being considered.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonDoes the right hon. Gentleman recollect that he wrote a glowing introduction to a pamphlet on this plan in which he said that he was keenly interested in this bold and far-sighted idea? How soon can we expect his decision on the technical Report which is now in his possession?
§ Mr. WatkinsonI welcome anybody who has good and new ideas about how to solve London's traffic problems, and I therefore welcomed the initiative which caused this study to be made. That does not mean that I can go further with it until I have had the benefit of the views of the experts. Those are what I am now getting. As soon as I have them I will look at them and announce my decision.