HC Deb 24 July 1929 vol 230 c1322W
Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Transport if he can now give any information with regard to the proposed erection of a new bridge at Thorne, near Doncaster; and is he in a position to state when work is likely to commence?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

A scheme for the construction of the new bridge to replace the Toll Bar Bridge at Thorne has been approved for a grant from the Road Fund. The county council have accepted a tender, and it is expected that the work will be commenced at an early date. The county council have also completed arrangements for the construction of a bridge on a new site near Thorne to replace the drawbridge which carried the Bawtry-Selby main road over the Dutch River, and the details of this proposal are now under consideration by my Department.