§ 115. Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Minister of Transport if she will expedite the construction of the South Orbital Road in view of the need for better East-West access from Thames Side and of the increased traffic coming from the Dartford-Purfleet Tunnel, which is currently discharged into roads inadequate for the load.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe complex planning and preparation required will be pressed ahead as quickly as possible. Stretches of the South Orbital road in Kent and Surrey should be started in the next financial year and in 1968–69, and my right hon. Friend hopes to state her plans for the whole route by Easter.