§ Mr. SpeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the original forecast dates for improvements to trunk roads and local authority roads in connection with the Channel tunnel in Kent and East Sussex; and what is the latest revised forecast completion dates.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyIt is not the Department's practice generally to give forecast completion dates for trunk road schemes in preparation since they are subject to the satisfactory completion of statutory procedures and detailed design. We have the Channel tunnel in mind in our planning and we aim to complete the major improvements in Kent and East Sussex as soon as possible.
The Maidstone to Ashford section of the M20 motorway is under construction. It is due for completion by mid-1991.
Local authority roads are the responsibility of Kent and East Sussex county councils.