HC Deb 28 July 1950 vol 478 c159W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Minister of Transport whether it is possible for his Department to come to a final decision as to the width of the carriageways and footways of such highways as pass through cities that are under the jurisdiction of his Department, in view of the fact that failure to come to definite conclusions on these matters is holding up building operations owing to the difficulty of deciding on the building line of new buildings.

Mr. Barnes

The only roads under my jurisdiction are trunk roads, and their future widths, which vary according to the circumstances expected to obtain in the areas through which the roads pass, have in many cases already been agreed with the local authorities for inclusion in development plans. Information as to the proposed width of a trunk road should be readily obtainable by those responsible for building operations either from the local authority or the divisional road engineer and I am not aware of any case where building development is held up for lack of this information.