§ Sir R. Speirasked the Minister of Transport whether in view of the many accidents, some of them fatal, occurring in Northumberland at Stagshaw crossroads where the A.69 crosses B.6318, he will now authorise the provision of a roundabout at these crossroads or arrange for traffic signals to be installed there.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe Stagshaw crossroads are within the area of the Preservation Scheme for Hadrian's Wall made in 1938 under the Ancient Monuments Act, 1931.
72WThe Northumberland County Council, which is the highway authority, was told last November that a scheme for the provision of a roundabout at the crossroads was agreed in principle, subject to the preservation of certain archaeological features. The matter is still under consideration by the council.