§ 5. Mr. Costainasked the Minister of Transport if, having regard to town centre traffic problems in Hythe, she will arrange for a scheme to widen Prospect Road to make it suitable for two-way traffic to be prepared, with estimates of cost, and include such a scheme in her present road programme.
§ Mr. CarmichaelProposals for widening Prospect Road to make it suitable for two-way traffic have been agreed in principle. The work is to be carried out in stages, the first of which is estimated to cost £30,000 and expected to start shortly. Further stages, each complete in itself, will be prepared and programmed by the divisional road engineer as funds permit.
§ Mr. CostainDoes the hon. Gentleman appreciate that the first £30,000 is just for pulling down premises to make access for large loads to the Dungeness Power Station, which has very little effect on Hythe? Could he expedite the rest of the work which is necessary?
§ Mr. CarmichaelThe road, as planned, does not warrant a high priority in the national roads scheme and it is believed 1523 that, if progress is made on sections of the road as and when funds become available to the divisional road engineer and those sections are made to comply with the final envisaged road, this would be the best way to tackle the problem which the hon. Gentleman has mentioned.