Lloyds Hill, Penn (Improvements)

HC Deb 12 July 1967 vol 750 cc813-4

29. Mr. Montgomery

asked the Minister of Transport what plans she has for read improvements at Lloyds Hill, Penn, Staffordshire.

Mr. Swingler

A scheme for improving this section of A449 has been included in the trunk road preparation pool.

Mr. Montgomery

Can the hon. Gentleman give some idea when it will actually take place? Is he aware that in 1966 a Ministry of Transport Report showed 480 per cent. overcrowding on the road? Is he aware of the high accident rate there and the serious inconvenience caused by traffic jams in the arm, and that it is very urgent to expedite the scheme?

Mr. Swingler

Yes, Sir; we have no doubt about the entirely unsatisfactory state there and the heavy over-loading that exists on the road. The hon. Gentleman asks when we can consider it. We can consider it for programming as soon as the preparation of the scheme which my right hon. Friend has authorised has been completed.