§ Sir E. ILIFFEasked the Minister of Transport when it is anticipated that the Kingston by-pass road from near Robin Hood Gate to Esher will be completed and available for traffic; and what steps are being taken to prepare and arrange a scheme to continue this road from near Robin Hood Gate to Castlenau?
§ Colonel ASHLEYIt is hoped that the section from Woodstock Lane to Burlington Road will be completed within the next three to four months, and the section from Coombe Lane to Beverley Bridge, slightly later. The contract date for the completion of the road in its 1313W entirety is October next, but owing to adverse weather conditions last winter and certain delays in the construction of bridges, it is unlikely that the work will be completed within the contract period. A continuation of the by-pass from Robin Hood Gate towards Castlenau presents great difficulties for which no satisfactory solution has yet been found.