§ Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Transport, what plans he has for accelerating motorway construction as soon as Government spending restrictions end; and whether he will give renewed consideration to toll roads to speed the provision of motorways.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe road programme already provides for a rapid rise in expenditure between now and 1969–70 and the effects of the current deferment measures on it are small. Construction of motorways will accelerate as part of this programme and to build them as toll roads would not further speed their completion.
Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport if he will give an assurance that it is not his policy to finance new road construction by means of tolls except in the case of very costly bridges.
§ Mr. Tom FraserYes. My policy is that tolls should be charged only on expensive new river crossings, whether bridges or tunnels.