§ 42. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state when the roadway repairs between Whipps Cross, Leyton, and Wanstead, are likely to commence.
§ Mr. MolsonI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the Lea Bridge Road near Forest Rise. The repair of the present road surface is a matter for the Leyton Borough Council as highway authority. My right hon. Friend hopes, however, to make a grant soon towards 386 the borough council's scheme for constructing dual carriageways here, which it proposes to start in March, 1957.
§ Mr. SorensenIs the Minister aware that a great deal depends on the payment of that grant, and that it seems to have been delayed for an inordinate length of time? Is he aware, moreover, that motorists who traverse that roadway suffer a great deal of inconvenience and hardship, if not injury?
§ Mr. MolsonI do not think there has been any delay. As soon as the council is able to start the work the grant will be made. In point of fact, the council itself revised the plan after it had first received the approval of my Department, and the delay is due to that.