§ Mr. Alisonasked the Minister of Transport what steps he has taken to arrange for a traffic census, or censuses, 21W to be taken to measure the extra volume of northbound or southbound transit traffic flowing through Leeds following the opening of the Ml motorway link to the city.
§ Mr. MarshNo census with this specific object has been arranged, but two large-scale investigations now being made are relevant to traffic needs in the area. A Project Feasibility Study, announced last year, is assessing traffic movements with a view to a possible new north-south route east or west of Leeds; and the West Yorkshire Land Use/Transportation Study, which is concerned with traffic predictions for 1981 and 2001, takes account both of current traffic patterns and likely expansion and development.