§ Mr. Mortasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, why, in the road works started on 23rd April on improving the eastern approach to Swansea, route A.483, the dual-carriageways are being made 22 feet wide when the standard has been 24 ft. for two years; and whether he will construct the carriageways to the present standard.
§ Mr. Watkinson:Twenty-four feet was recommended in April, 1956, as the standard width for dual-carriageways in rural areas. This section of the eastern approach to Swansea, which is less than a mile long and in an urban area, will have the same width as the four miles or so of the road already constructed or in hand. There would be no justification for constructing it to a different width.