HC Deb 02 October 1924 vol 177 cc331-2W
Mr. STRANGER

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the bad condition of the road between Lambourn and Newbury, Berkshire; that there is a large and increasing amount of traffic on that road; and whether, in view of the desirability of having a. good direct road between Swindon and Newbury and the opportunity of providing work for the unemployed in the neighbourhood, he will make a special grant for the widening and straightening of this road?

Mr. GOSLING

No reports of an exceptional character have reached me regarding this road, though I am aware that in places it is narrow and tortuous. I have already made a grant this year towards the improvement of one inconvenient corner, and if a comprehensive plan of a more general character is submitted by the responsible highway authorities, I shall be glad to consider it.