§ Sir D. Kaberryasked the Minister of Transport (1) if Leeds Corporation has accepted the offer of a loan from his Department towards the cost of improving the lighting along the Leeds-Otley trunk road from Lawnswood to the Leeds city boundary; and when the offer was accepted;
(2) if he will urge Leeds Corporation to expedite the work required to improve the street lighting along the Leeds-Otley trunk road between Lawnswood and the Leeds city boundary.
§ Mr. Tom FraserLighting columns are now being erected on the length of the Leeds-Otley trunk road (A.660) from its junction with A.6120 to a point 200 feet north of Kingsley Drive. I am contributing 50 per cent. of the cost of this lighting scheme. No loan is involved as the Leeds City Council are meeting the balance out of revenue. I feel sure the Council will complete the work as quickly as they can, but both they and the Yorkshire Electricity Board are, at the present time, heavily involved with a number of other urgent street lighting schemes.
The remaining length of the Otley Road to the city boundary is, except for one hotel, undeveloped and there are no proposals to light this stretch.
§ Sir D. Kaberryasked the Minister of Transport (1) what is the number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, which have occurred within the last five years at the junction of the Leeds-Otley trunk road with Church Lane and Farrar Lane at Adel, Leeds;
(2) what further negotiations have taken place to improve the site lines at the crossing of the Leeds-Otley trunk road with Church Lane and Farrar Lane at Adel, Leeds.
§ Mr. Tom FraserDuring the past five years one person has been killed in an accident and six people have been92W slightly injured in five other accidents at this junction.
The cutting and thinning of trees and shrubs on the eastern side of the trunk road has been completed. Occupiers of properties on the western side of the road are being approached about the cutting down or removal of hedges on that side.