§ 34. Mr. Laneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the additional traffic on East Anglian roads likely to be generated by Maplin Airport and other developments in East Essex.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThe effect on the road system generally of Maplin and its developments is being assessed as part of current planning work on the Maplin project; it is not expected that this effect will be significant on roads in the East Anglian planning region.
§ Mr. LaneIs it not vital that new road schemes should take full account of this probable additional traffic, however large the addition may be, particularly in the Cambridge area which is on a direct line between Maplin and the East Midlands and the North of England?
§ Mr. HeseltineI assure my hon. Friend that we are looking at this. It is better to conclude the investigation rather than for me to guess at the answer at this stage.