HC Deb 19 March 1958 vol 584 c1259
44. Mr. Mathew

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps his Department are taking to prevent a repetition in 1958 of the prolonged traffic delays and congestion occurring during the summer holiday season on the A.30 road at Honiton, in Devon, which have regularly paralysed traffic in recent years.

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. Harold Watkinson)

I have recently had consultations with the police and the motoring organisations, and I hope to make arrangements for the signposting at holiday times of an alternative route to the west, avoiding Honiton.

Mr. Mathew

While thanking my right hon. Friend for that Answer, may I ask him if he will bear in mind that this matter has become increasingly urgent and is causing a great loss of time and money? Will he, therefore, pursue a real solution with renewed vigour and imagination?

Mr. Watkinson

I will certainly look into what my hon. Friend suggests.