§ 24. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Minister of War Transport whether he will arrange for a main arterial road, running from North to South Wales and through Central Wales, as a means of uniting arid developing its economic life and assisting in the revival of agriculture and rural activities of Mid-Wales, along the lines of the plans which have been sent to him.
§ Mr. BarnesI am anxious to improve the communications between North and South Wales, and also the roads which can serve the tourist traffic, but I do not think that we should be making good use of our resources by constructing at this stage a new arterial road on the lines suggested by my hon. Friend. Such a road would have to traverse mountainous country at a height of over 800 feet for a great part of its length, and would be both difficult and extremely expensive to construct.