HC Deb 18 December 1945 vol 417 c1283W
Mr. Gooch

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, if he will cause to be reopened for public use the portion of the Cromer-Norwich main road at St. Faiths, Norfolk, and the portion of the North Walsham main road, near Scottow Aerodrome, Norfolk, and thus end the wartime inconvenience borne by North Norfolk residents who desire to journey to Norwich.

Mr. Strachey

I have nothing to add to the reply which I gave on 31st October to my hon. Friend, the Member for South-West Norfolk (Mr. Dye).

Sir R. Glyn

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many of the 27 public highways that have been closed during the war for the construction of airfields in the areas of the district councils of Abingdon, Faringdon, Wantage, Wallingford and Bradfield, in the county of Berkshire, still remain closed, taking into account that on 9th October an alternative for one had been provided and 12 were about to be reopened; and when it is proposed to reopen these roads and restore to the public their rights.

Mr. Strachey

It has not been possible to make as much progress in reopening these 27 roads as we had hoped. A diversion and one other road are now open. Two roads are in course of reconstruction and nine more can be reopened as soon as the highway authorities concerned say that they are fit for public use again. The remaining 14 go across airfields which are still in use for flying. Nearly all of these are obliterated, so that extensive work would be needed before they could be replaced or diverted.