§ 15. Mr. Brooksasked the Minister of Transport, in view of the fact that the objectives of the mid-Wirral spine road now under consideration will be handicapped by the presence of only a two-lane road tunnel under the Mersey estuary at its northern end, whether she will expedite the construction of a twin two-lane tunnel.
§ Mrs. CastleThe duplication of the Liverpool-Wallasey tunnel is being con- 1476 sidered for inclusion in the next extension of the Merseyside conurbation road programme.
§ Mr. BrooksI thank my right hon. Friend for that assurance, but does she not agree that it is very incongruous to have a six-lane motorway feeding this tunnel? Does she not further agree that it is important to expedite construction of a twin tunnel before the team responsible for the first tunnel is dispersed?
§ Mrs. CastleThe need for duplication is not disputed but the scheme has not yet been programmed. It is being considered, along with other urgent road schemes in Merseyside for inclusion in the Merseyside programme.