§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if, when he opens the Aire Valley trunk road on 2 August, he will make public reference to those people who have faced difficulties due to the blighting of property over the 20-year period since the construction of the Aire Valley motorway and the Aire Valley trunk road were proposed by his Department.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI expect to do so.
The Department's procedures are designed to limit the effects of uncertainty created by road proposals. Some blight on property is unavoidable.
In Airedale we are promoting a major new road in a narrow, developed and well populated valley.