§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) when he expects to receive the study to be conducted by Strathclyde university on the monitoring of wind levels at the newly constructed Cockburnspath bypass; and if he will publish the results of the study in full;
(2) what detailed proposals he has to divert vehicles prone to high wind levels off the newly constructed 588W Cockburnspath bypass during abnormal wind conditions, indicating what vehicles would be affected and what the alternative route would be.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 17 May 1993]:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 May 1993, col 487–88.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what evidence he has on the relative hazards of wind levels at the newly constructed Cockburnspath bypass compared with other parts of the A1.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 17 May 1993]:The Scottish Office received a record of all accidents on the trunk road network which have been reported to the police. Abnormal wind strength was a contributory factor in the three recorded accidents which occurred on the Cockburnspath bypass on 21 January this year. Over the previous three years there has been only one other recorded accident on the A1 between Edinburgh and Newcastle where wind strength was a contributory factor. This occurred at Skateraw, just north of Torness power station, in February 1990. None of these accidents involved personal injury.