HC Deb 17 July 1956 vol 556 cc85-6W
Mr. F. Noel-Baker

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps he proposes to take to improve trunk road communications to and from Swindon.

Mr. Watkinson

During this financial year I propose to spend some £36,000 on the maintenance and minor improvement of A.419, which is the trunk road running close to the town, and in addition I hope to start work on two schemes of major improvement on this road at an estimated cost of nearly £60,000. The larger of these two schemes is at Blunsdon Hill, about three miles to the north-west of Swindon.