§ 17. Mr. Gurdenasked the Minister of Transport when he will make provision for entry to M.1 motorway at or near to the junction with M.45 to enable traffic from the Leamington-Kenilworth area to enter the north-bound lanes.
§ Mr. SwinglerTraffic can join the north-bound lanes at Crick and Lutter-worth. We have no plans for any further provision.
§ Mr. GurdenDoes the hon. Gentleman realise what a serious matter this can be for all the industries around the south Midlands and particularly those factories where a joint venture has been entered into in north and north-east Midland development areas, because it means that when the M.1 is completed a tremendous amount of increased traffic will be put on second-class roads from areas at Coventry, Leamington and even Birmingham to get to the north-bound lane? Ought there not to be an entry from the M.45?
§ Mr. SwinglerWe are anxious that the benefit of the motorway should be extended to the industrialists and other people who live in the area, but the Crick Junction is less than two miles north of the junction of the M.45 and the M.1. The question of providing an entry there has been investigated, and it would be a very costly operation. We feel that the junctions which I have mentioned. Crick and Lutterworth, are adequate for those who wish to use the north-bound lane.