HC Deb 11 April 1962 vol 657 cc1305-6
35. Mr. Gough

asked the Minister of Transport when he expects to build a by-pass on the A.3 between Liphook and Petersfield.

Mr. Marples

As I said in answer to my hon. Friend on 28th March, this is a long-term project. I cannot give any indication of date.

Mr. Gough

Does my right hon. Friend agree that this stretch of road contains practically every known hazard that a public highway can contain, including a particularly dangerous hairpin bend under a railway bridge on a very narrow road, and several dips that are completely blind? If it is impossible to make a by-pass, will my right hon. Friend give the assurance that a further survey will be made in the very near future to try to eliminate these very grave dangers?

Mr. Marples

I cannot agree with my hon. Friend. The Hampshire Development Plan does not give the degree of urgency to this that he attaches to it.