HC Deb 18 July 1949 vol 467 c45W
40. Mr. P. Freeman

asked the Minister of Transport whether all preliminary plans for the erection of the new bridge over the Severn at West Beachley have now been completed and all possible arrangements made pending official approval for proceeding with this scheme.

Mr. Barnes

Such preliminary steps as soil survey, trial soundings and borings have been completed as far as necessary for the present, but the investigations by the National Physical Laboratory, including the tests in the wind tunnel, will not be completed until 1952.