§ 17. Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his policy on the further provision of dual carriageway cross-border routes in the north-east as they connect with the Scottish road networks south of Edinburgh.
§ 18. Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to make the A1 a dual carriageway up to the Scottish border.
§ Mr. AtkinsAn improvement scheme for dualling a section of the A1 at Cawledge, south of Alnwick, was recently completed and opened to traffic.
Other dual carriageway proposals in the road programme for the A1 north of Morpeth are the Brownieside improvement and Marshall Meadows to the Scottish border improvement. On current planning the start of works on these schemes is scheduled for the spring of 1991.