§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what effect his decision to build the Conway estuary tunnel at a cost of £77 million will have upon the road building programme in the Principality over the next three years; and whether he envisages, in order to accommodate such a major project, there, will be any slippage in the dualling of the A48-A40 in Dyfed west of the termination of the M4 at Pont Abraham.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsConstruction work on the tunnel will not start until 1984, subject to satisfactory completion of design, statutory and contractual procedures. During the four years that construction will take place some other projects may have to be delayed, but it is not possible yet to say which these might be. Work on the A48 Carmarthen S. bypass will start later this financial year.