§ Lord O'HAGANasked Her Majesty's Government:
To define "assingment procedure" and whether such procedure is included within "local need", which can be questioned at highway inquiries.
§ Baroness BIRKThe assignment procedure is the method adopted for allocating traffic to the roads in a network, and is part of the process of estimating traffic levels for new road schemes. The traffic assignments made for future years reflect local needs and conditions, and can be questioned at highway inquiries.