§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Transport whether, during his aerial survey of trunk roads, he observed the congestion caused to traffic on the Great North Road where it passes through Doncaster, Retford, Newark, Grantham, and Stamford; how the congestion through these places compared with that on the Liverpool-Hull trunk road at Selby; and whether he will arrange that in all future by-pass schemes on trunk roads preference will be given to those schemes where traffic considerations render them most urgent?
§ Mr. BurginI observed the line of the Great North Road through the towns mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend and the state of traffic. In determining priority of execution of road works all relevant considerations are taken into account, including the comparison of traffic congestion which, of course, involves study of the relative statistics.