§ 65. Mr. Leatherasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will make a statement about the Severn bridge project, with particular reference to approach roads from the Gloucester end.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe Government are advised that there are advantages in economy and efficiency if the construction of the Severn Bridge is properly phased with that of the Forth Bridge.
With this in mind, therefore, if all goes well with the Forth Bridge scheme, and the road programme proceeds as planned at present, it would be the Government's hope to start constructional work on the Severn Bridge itself some two years after work on the Forth Bridge is reasonably well advanced.
The Severn project includes the approach roads from Almondsbury on A.38 about six miles north of the centre of Bristol and from Crick on A.48 on the west side of the river.