§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has for the reduction of traffic congestion between Leeds and Bradford and along the Aire valley which can be brought fully into operation within three years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloWork on the A650 Drighlington bypass to the south-west of Leeds is due to start on 23 April 1990. The 4 km long single carriageway road is expected to be complete in early 1992 and will relieve traffic congestion on the A650 trunk road through Drighlington and Adwalton particularly at the A58 Whitehall road junction.
The Department has four further schemes in the national road programme to improve the trunk road between Bradford and Skipton in the Aire valley. These are the A629 Skipton-Kildwick improvement, the A650 Hard Ings road, Keighley, the A650 Airedale route section 3—Crossflatts to Cottingley Bar—and the Shipley eastern bypass.