§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to widen the M25 if terminal 5 at Heathrow is built. [7724]
§ Mr. NorrisPlans for the national trunk road programme were announced in "Managing the Trunk Road Programme", published on 28 November. The programme includes two schemes which will widen the48W M25 between junction 12, the M3, and junction 16, the M40, to five or six lanes in each direction. These schemes are required regardless of whether terminal 5 is built. No further widening of the M25 is planned between these junctions. The programme also includes the construction of the access road from the M25 to terminal 5—"M25 Terminal 5 Spur"—which is, of course, conditional on terminal 5 being built.