§ Mr. EDEasked the Minister of Transport the dates on which the following road schemes of the Surrey County Council were first brought to the notice of his Department by that highway authority; the dates on which approval was given to the preliminary scheme in each case and the dates on which a grant was indicated by the Ministry, namely, Dorking by-pass road, widenings from Esher to Cobham, and from Road A245 to Pointers Road on the Portsmouth Road, Guildford and Godalming by-pass road, Schemes 1, 2 and 4, respectively, new road and bridge connecting Hampton Court Bridge with Esher Road?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONThe dates are as follow:
1327WIt must be borne in mind that these by-passes have given rise to many difficult questions locally. The intervals between the dates when the schemes were first put forwardly the county council in outline and the dates of preliminary approval were occupied, by the county council, in preparing preliminary plans and estimates and, in some cases, in considering alternative proposals, and by the Ministry of Transport, in their examination. The intervals between the dates of preliminary approval and the dates of grant were spent, by the county council in preparing, and by the Ministry of Transport in examining the necessary details. Work on the Dorking by-pass and on Scheme (4) of the Guildford Godalming by-pass has not yet been started.