HC Deb 20 July 1960 vol 627 cc488-9
38. Mr. Denzil Freeth

asked the Minister of Transport what plans he has for improving A.30 between Staines and the junction with A.4 either by making the road dual carriageway or designating it a clearway.

The Minister of Transport (Mr. Ernest Marples)

My future plans are that dual carriageways should be provided on this section of A.30, but I cannot yet say when it will be possible to do this work. Meanwhile the possibility of designating the road a clearway has been investigated but it does not appear to be suitable.

Mr. Freeth

While thanking my right hon. Friend for the fact that we shall get a dual carriageway, may I ask him whether he will pay particular attention to the stretch of road which passes along the side of London Airport, where there is room for lay-bys, where buses may stop and where it is very dangerous for traffic at weekends to stop so that motorists may look at the aeroplanes which are passing over? Far too many motorists stop to do this.

Mr. Marples

I suggest that my hon. Friend writes to me specifying particular parts of the road, and I will look into the matter.