HC Deb 11 November 1968 vol 773 cc2-3
6. Mr. Allason

asked the Minister of Transport what steps he is taking to safeguard pedestrians on the pavements of the A41 through Tring.

Mr. Bob Brown

A new pedestrian crossing was provided in 1967.

New traffic signs recently erected should further improve road safety generally, and we are also examining possible traffic management measures. These are short-term measures. The long-term solution is a bypass, and our trunk road preparation pool includes such a scheme.

Mr. Allason

But will the Minister accept that the width of the road here is quite inadequate; that lorries are forced up on to the pavement in this narrow High Street, and that, as a result, pedestrians who are not on the pedestrian crossings but on the pavements are at risk? Will he, therefore, make a bypass not the long-term but the immediate solution?

Mr. Brown

Clearly, we recognise all that the hon. Member has said, but it is necessary to deal with the A41 Watford to Tring as one scheme for selection of the line. Other schemes have had a higher priority.

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