§ Mr. Danceasked the Minister of Transport what action he proposes to take to lessen the traffic dangers when the whole 121W of the new M.5 motorway traffic is funnelled through Rubery village's narrow shopping street.
§ Mr. Marples:I have the danger of trunk road traffic to the inhabitants of Rubery very much in mind and we intend to build a by-pass with dual carriageways which will take all the through traffic out of New Road. A draft Order for the necessary side road alterations will be published in March and my Divisional Road Engineer is asking the Local Authority, concurrently with the publication of the Order, to arrange a public meeting at Which the scheme can be explained to all concerned.