§ 116. Mr. S. Marshallasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give further consideration to the request of the Surrey County Council, the Mitcham Borough Council and the Urban District Council of Merton and Morden to allow the erection of a footbridge over the River Wandle alongside the existing Bishopford Bridge on the Tooting-Reigate-Hookwood 24W Road, A. 217, at a total cost to his Department of £600, seeing that his divisional road engineer reports that the provision of a footpath at this bridge is eminently desirable and that all the three authorities named deem such provision urgently necessary in the interests of road safety.
§ Mr. BarnesYes, provided that the scheme is included in the county council's list of priority works to be undertaken with the limited amount of grant that can be made available to them for such purposes.