§ Sir A. Bossomasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware of the congestion, delays and waste of motorists' petrol that takes place on the approaches to London from the direction of the airport; and if he will have an urgent investigation made as to the additional cost that would be involved if the work of construction were carried out for the full twenty-four hours of the day in three shifts, saving at least one-half the time that will be taken if these delays continue until the work is completed.
§ Mr. WatkinsonSome traffic congestion is inevitable during the construction of the several very important projects for the improvement of the main roads between central London and the airport. Extended hours have been worked at certain stages on some of the schemes, in order to keep the traffic delays to a minimum. It would be neither practicable nor economic to introduce continuous three-shift working and some temporary inconvenience is. therefore, unavoidable. Work on the current schemes for the Cromwell Road Extension, including the Chiswick Flyover, will be completed this autumn as planned