§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what steps the Ministry is taking to expedite the construction of the proposed new road between Manchester and Liverpool; whether the Ministry is consulting the Regional Town-planning Committee in the Manchester and Liverpool areas; if not, will he undertake to do so and call an early conference of all local authorities on the route concerned; and whether the Ministry will recommend Government financial assistance towards the construction of this road, so that the work may be put in hand during the coming winter in order to relieve unemployment?
§ Mr. NEALEvery possible step is being taken to advance the proposal for the construction of the new road connecting Liverpool and Manchester. Members of the Ministry's staff have attended conferences of local authorities and of the Regional Town-planning Committees concerned at Manchester and in London, in order to formulate a scheme and to arrive at a tentative allocation of the cost. Meanwhile, so as to avoid all possible delay, a detailed survey of the route is now being prepared by officers of the 1727W Ministry. In the event of the project maturing, it is intended to grant financial assistance from the Road Fund.