HC Deb 04 November 1959 vol 612 cc1016-7
15. Mr. Brockway

asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in the plans to construct the Eton by-pass.

Mr. Hay

The highway authorities for the Eton-Windsor relief road will be the Buckinghamshire and Berkshire County Councils. The line of the route is not yet settled, but we shall be glad to help the Councils in any way we can in completing the plans.

Mr. Brockway

I appreciate that the delay is due largely to a conflict between the two county councils, but as what was a country lane has now become a major road for traffic between North and South, as doctors are being held up on urgent cases and as last week buses could not get through this lane, may I ask whether the Ministry will do its utmost to expedite agreement between the councils and the public inquiry and put construction into operation at the earliest possible moment?

Mr. Hay

Yes. The difficulty we are up against is that this is a classified road and we are not primarily responsible. Anyway, we will give it as much of a push as we can, if the hon. Gentleman will do the same in his own constituency.

Mr. Brockway

I have been doing that for six years.