§ Mr. Staintonasked the Minister of Transport what details she has received of the estimated increase in cargo tonnage to be handled by Felixstowe Docks during the next five years; what proportion it is anticipated will be serviced by road; and to what extent these latter details inflate the figures in the latest road traffic flow survey between Ipswich and Felixstowe.
§ Mr. SwinglerCertain details of their expected traffic over the next five years have been supplied to my right hon. Friend in confidence by the harbour authority. On the best calculations we can make the proportion of this traffic which will travel by road will have the effect of concentrating in the next five years the growth of traffic which might otherwise have been expected to be spread over the next eight or nine years. We are taking account of this in our road planning.