§ 3. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Transport what plans she has for road improvements to ensure adequate road communications between the projected container facilities at Southampton and the Midlands and London area.
§ Mr. SwinglerBetween Southampton and Winchester major improvements to the A33, to the value of about £4 million, are either in hand or programmed.
North of Winchester, on the A34 to Oxford, schemes to the value of almost £1 million are either in hand or have recently been completed. Further schemes to the value of nearly £3 million are included in the announced forward programme, and the recently-announced list of schemes included in the trunk road preparation pool contains the Abingdon Bypass.
Between Southampton and London, the M3 Motorway and other dualling schemes on the A33, totalling some £34 million, together with the improvements between Winchester and Southampton, will provide adequate road communications by the early 1970s.