HC Deb 30 January 1930 vol 234 cc1212-3W
Mr. SMITHERS

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that about the end of 1927 or the beginning of 1928 his Department approached the Bromley Rural District Council in connection with a proposed new traffic road from Kingston to Swanley Junction; that his Department suggested that a portion of this road should pass across the Park Langley golf course, West Wickham; whether this suggestion represented the considered opinion of his Department; and whether, seeing that his Department has since then approved of a departure from the route originally suggested, he will say what were the grounds which led to the alteration being sanctioned?,

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

The line of road referred to in the first part of the hon. Member's question was tentatively suggested on technical grounds by my Department. The amended line was subsequently adopted after discussion and negotiation as constituting a more suitable route.