§ Mr. WEIRasked the Secretary to the Treasury, having regard to the fact that, since the introduction of motor traffic, local authorities in the Highland crofting counties have had an extra burden placed on them in the matter of road upkeep, would he state whether the Road Board, established by the Treasury under Sections 7 and 8 of The Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909, were prepared to consider an application from the Mid-Ross district committee for a grant-in-aid of the improvement of the Garve and Ullapool Road, especially bearing in mind that the road between Garve and Ullapool was used for the conveyance of the mails from the South to Ullapool and the Lochbroom districts, and constituted the only means of communication by road with the north-west of Ross-shire?
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§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe Road Board have intimated they are prepared to contribute the sum of £5,000 out of the monies now available towards approved works of road improvement in the County of Sutherland. The particular work or works to which this sum will be applied is now under consideration.