§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many road accidents and how many fatal and non-fatal injuries have resulted on Kingsway, East Kilbride, during the present year.
§ Mr. MaclayDuring the present year there have been eight accidents on Kings-way, East Kilbride, resulting in one fatal and two non-fatal injuries.
§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that lighting along Kingsway, East Kilbride, is not uniform and, consequently, dazzles motorists with four lit and three dark stretches; and what steps he will take to remedy this situation.
§ Mr. MaclayThe arrangement of lighting along Kingsway, East Kilbride, is a matter in the first place for Lanarkshire County Council, who are the lighting authority.
§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, as there is no speed limit on Kingsway, East Kilbride, the speed of traffic along it is a safety hazard to pedestrians; and whether he will introduce a speed limit.
§ Mr. MaclayAs Kingsway, East Kilbride, is a classified road it is for Lanarkshire County Council, as highway authority, to consider in the first place whether a speed limit would be justified.
§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from the Whitemoss Residents' Association, East Kilbride, about safety hazards at the junction of Kingsway and Maxwellton Avenue, East Kilbride; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaclayI have received no representations from the Whitemoss Residents' Association about this junction. As I explained in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend on the 14th March last, I understand that it is proposed to close this junction as the road pattern in the new town develops.