§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what weighting has been given in his Department's traffic projections for the bypasses along the A259 through Hastings and Rye, to the full and successful completion and operation of the Hastings shopping centre;
(2) what weighting has been given in his Department's traffic projections for the bypasses along the A259 through Hastings and Rye, to the full production by current industry along the Rye Harbour road and to the successful and operating development of the industrial area along that road;
(3) what weighting has been given in his Department's studies of the traffic along the A21 to the full and successful completion and operation of the Hastings shopping centre.
§ Mr. KeyThe effects of existing and projected development and of a range of assumptions about economic growth have been fully taken into account in the forecasts of traffic which have been used for the A21 and A259 scheme appraisals.