§ 26. Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on recent progress in planning for a second Severn crossing.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe consultants for the project, W. S. Atkins and Maunsell, are making good progress, and commencing on 9 February exhibitions showing plans of the route of the crossing will be held at various venues on both sides of the Severn estuary. The Government remain confident that the crossing can be provided by the mid-1990s.
§ Mr. JonesI am pleased to hear my right hon. Friend's commitment to the earliest completion of the second crossing, but may I urge him to give the earnest consideration to exhibiting the proposals in Cardiff, as is presently being done in the Chepstow area, because they are of at least as much interest to the people of Cardiff and the many commercial organisations that are centred in the capital city?
§ Mr. WalkerYes. That is a perfectly good, positive suggestion, which I shall take up.