§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the disappointment upon Humberside that provision for the Humber bridge was not made in the future trunk road network between Hull and the Great North Road; and whether he will state the respective costs of the new network without the Humber bridge as proposed by his consultants Messrs. Scott and Wilson, and the network including the east-west roads and the Humber bridge as proposed by the consultants of the Humber Bridge Board.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI think the general reaction favours my plans, which provide the necessary traffic capacity and do not preclude the provision of a Humber Bridge later. They are estimated to cost between £40 million and £50 million.
The Humber Bridge Board's estimates covered only a part of the roads needed in the area to carry the main flows of through traffic. A suitable network based on its scheme, which must include the bridge, would cost substantially more than my plans.