§ Mr. Dayasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give particulars of how many schemes and/or proposals he has made during the 12 months ended to the last convenient date for the purpose of eliminating level crossings and freeing toll bridges; and the number of cases that are before the responsible highway authorities or his Department at the present time?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaI have no means of knowing how many cases are at present under consideration by highway authorities, but during the 12 months ended 31st December, 1936, grants have been made towards the construction of bridges to avoid five level crossings and a grant has been promised to a further scheme. In the same period grants have been made, or offered, for freeing five toll bridges, and a further bridge is being reconstructed with assistance from the Road Fund on condition that tolls will be abolished when the reconstructed bridge is opened to traffic.