HL Deb 23 February 1965 vol 263 c679

2.36 p.m.

LORD ST. JUST

My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.

[The Question was as follows:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the tests on crash barriers and anti-dazzle metal mesh screen netting being carried out on a 9-mile length of the M.1 are now complete; and, if so, what are the results.]

THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY, MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Lord Lindgren)

No, my Lords. Erection of two 9-mile lengths of double steel rail safety fence is almost complete, and we shall shortly be installing a further 9 miles of a new type of cable safety fence being designed by the Road Research Laboratory. These experiments have not yet yielded sufficient information. They are not, however, in any way related to tests of anti-dazzle precautions, which are being carried out on a separate 2-mile length of this motorway.

LORD ST. JUST

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his Answer.

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