§ Mr. Bullasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the grave waste of time and the annoyance caused to the public, especially in industrial districts, by the existence of a great number of level-crossings, he can state what progress is being made towards their elimination and how many have been so eliminated in each of the last five years?
§ Mr. BurginI am prepared, upon application from the appropriate highway authority, to consider making a grant from the Road Fund at the rate of 75 per cent. towards the elimination of level-crossings on roads which have sufficient traffic value. During the past five years grants have been made from the Road Fund towards the cost of eliminating or avoiding 29 level-crossings, the numbers for the financial years 1933–34 to 1937–38 being 2, 10, 5, 7 and 5, respectively.