§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what monitoring is undertaken by his Department of road works in London and their impact on traffic movement.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Secretary of State is responsible for works co-ordination on motorways and trunk roads. Our own planned highway works are discussed with other London highway authorities with Metropolitan police and statutory undertakers to help to minimise inconvenience to the public. In addition, our consultant and borough agents receive advance details of certain types of street works proposed by statutory undertakers on trunk roads on our behalf; to enable co-ordination of all these activities to take place.