§ Mr. Wadeasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) what plans have been prepared for the con- 136W struction of a trunk road between Liverpool and Hull, via Huddersfield, which will be adequate for the carrying of heavy traffic over the Pennines; and when such road development will be completed;
(2) what plans have been prepared for the provision of a trunk road extending from Outlane, Huddersfield, into Lancashire; when the road will be completed; and whether it will form part of the proposed Cross-Pennine trunk road.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe development plans for the local authorities concerned contain proposals for a motorway crossing the Pennines from Worsley on the Manchester Outer Ring Road via Out-lane, Huddersfield to near Ledsham in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Connections between the ends of the motorway and Hull and Liverpool would be by way of improvements to existing roads. I cannot say when it will be possible to include a scheme of this kind in the road programme.