§ 112. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what has been the cost of erecting and removing about 100 lamp standards at the two- level intersection of the Preston motorway by-pass with A.59; what steps were taken to test whether the lighting provided by these standards was advantageous or not before they were removed; and whether he will indicate what his future policy will be with regard to the lighting of this particular point.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThis lighting scheme was installed in accordance with the general policy for trunk roads, but subsequently I came to the conclusion that it was preferable to experiment initially with no lighting on the motorway and to give further consideration to what policy should be adopted for the future. This is in hand in collaboration with the Road Research Laboratory. The lamp standards will be used elsewhere and the cost of erecting and removing them was about £5,800.