§ Sir J. Hutchisonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent the reconstruction work on the Glasgow—Stirling road has now been authorised; what percentage of the work thereon has now been completed; and whether he is yet able to indicate approximately by what date the work will be completed.
§ Mr. WatkinsonWork has been authorised between Stepps and Muirhead in Lanarkshire and, in Dunbartonshire, between the Lanarkshire boundary and a point south-west of the proposed Cumbernauld Diversion. On the first section work is 85 per cent. completed and will, it is hoped, be finished early in the summer of this year. It is hoped to start work on the second section in the coming summer and to complete that section by the middle of 1958. Preparation of the schemes of improvement for the remainder of the road is in hand, but I am not able to say at present when the works will be put in hand or completed.