§ 46. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Transport whether he will permit the Cornwall Highways Committee to carry out more improvement schemes before the end of the current financial year.
§ Mr. HayA further grant of £20,100 was issued recently to Cornwall County Council for small schemes. My right hon. Friend is also issuing a grant of £36,750 to the county for a scheme on A.39 near Penryn. This will bring the county's total grant for classified roads in this financial year to £236,500. In addition, trunk road schemes committed so far within the county in the current financial year are expected to cost some £133,000.
§ Mr. HaymanI thank the Parliamentary Secretary for that answer, but will he bear in mind that the Cornwall Highways Committee could carry on many more small improvement schemes if the Government released grants for them before the end of the financial year, that unemployment tends to increase in Cornwall at this time of the year, and that these small improvement schemes are a very valuable factor towards securing road safety?