§ 25. Brigadier Medlicottasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will make a statement as to the progress of the plans for making the proposed Great Yarmouth-Birmingham trunk road.
§ Mr. MolsonProvision has been made in the development plans for the counties through which the road passes for 36 diversions or by-passes on the Birmingham-Great Yarmouth trunk road. For 15 of these the necessary orders have been made under the Trunk Roads Acts. One further diversion at Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, has been added since the development plans have been prepared. The necessary trunk road orders outstanding will be made as soon as detailed engineering investigations into the proposals have been completed. Where the road is to be improved on its present alignment preliminary plans are nearing completion.