§ Mr. Brooksasked the Minister of Transport what is her present estimate of the time lag between the opening of the Wallasey-Liverpool road tunnel and the completion of the mid-Wirral motorway.
§ Mr. CarmichaelIf all goes well we hope to have a connection with the all-purpose road system at Bidston Moss, construction of which is to be carried out under the Mersey Tunnel (Liverpool-Wallasey) etc., Act, 1965, completed by320W the time the new tunnel is opened. It may also be possible to open the section down to the Wallasey-Birkenhead boundary, including the Moreton Spur, by the end of 1970, but this will, of course, depend on the outcome of the public inquiry. The remaining two sections of the published proposals, extending to Hooton, should be completed by summer 1971, approximately a year after the tunnel has been opened, but this, again, depends on the outcome of the inquiry.
§ Mr. Brooksasked the Minister of Transport when she proposes to hold a public inquiry into the route of the mid-Wirral motorway.
§ Mr. CarmichaelAs soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, which we hope will be by late Spring.