§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Transport what proposals she has to widen and improve the road from Wareham to Corfe and Swanage following her approval of the proposal to close the railway stations at both the latter towns.
§ Mr. CarmichaelNo formal application has yet been made to my right hon. Friend to close the Corfe Castle and Swanage Stations.
Dorset County Council are the highway authority for the Wareham-Swanage road.
If a formal application should be made for withdrawal of rail passenger services we will consider, with the highway authority, what road improvements might be involved.
§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Transport if she will publish figures showing traffic densities at peak hours on the Wareham-Corfe-Swanage road in August.
§ Mr. CarmichaelThere has been no official census on this length of A351 since August, 1954. Then 8,673 vehicles per 16 hour day were recorded.