§ 1. Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Transport what steps he is taking to improve the intersections of the North Circular Road with the Great Cambridge Road. A.10, and Fore Street, Edmonton, A.1010.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Mr. John Hay)Ultimately flyovers will be needed at both junctions. But I cannot say when it will be possible to include them in the road programme. In the meantime, certain improvements will be made at the junction with Fore Street, starting, I, hope, next year. At the junction with A.10 a pedestrian crossing is to be recited so as to reduce delays.
§ Mr. AlbuIs not the Parliamentary Secretary aware that this is a main route through from the docks? It passes through a highly congested urban area where there have been no road improvements of any sort. Does he not think that this work ought to be carried out and the major improvements to these intersections made during the current five-year programme?
§ Mr. HayNo. I am sorry, but the advice I have is that, although this is a complicated junction, the fact is that traffic moves reasonably well. I am afraid that we cannot put the flyovers, which we accept are necessary, into the programme for some years to come.