§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for Transport why orders in respect of Bere Regis bypass which were 412W to be published in October 1977 were postponed to November 1977, April 1978, May 1978 and July 1978; and when he anticipates that work will start.
§ Mr. HoramThe original intention was to publish formal proposals for the Bere Regis bypass by the end of last year. Following consultation with the public, certain modifications were made to the scheme and this, together with the consequent need to revise documents for publication, resulted in delay in producing the orders.
The draft orders will be published on Thursday 13th July. The target date for the start of work remains 1979–80, as stated in the White Paper "Policy for Roads; England 1978" (Cmnd. 7132).