58. Mrs. Jegerasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many police man-hours per week are consumed in the manual operation of the traffic lights at the junction of Savoy Street and the Embankment; for how long these lights have been manually operated; and when he proposes to instal a mechanical system.
§ Mr. NugentThese lights have been manually operated since May, 1939. This takes 84 man-hours per week. The Westminster City Council, who are the highway authority, decided earlier this year to replace these lights as soon as possible by permanent traffic signals, and we have made a grant towards their cost.