§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Scottish economy of congestion due to inadequate road facilities.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost of road accidents to the Scottish economy.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the standard of maintenance on Scottish motorways; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossAbout £2,000 per mile per year is spent on the maintenance of Scottish motorways, and the standard of maintenance is high.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many emergency telephones are installed on Scottish motorways built for Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. RossEmergency telephones will not be installed until longer continuous stretches of motorway are open.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many miles of Her Majesty's Government's motorway 194W in Scotland were in use at 31st December, 1968; and what proportion of this mileage was provided with hard shoulder.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what he estimates to be the total cost and the cost per mile of the M8 Glasgow—Edinburgh motorway.
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will in future ensure that authorisation of new roads by the Scottish Development Department is accompanied by automatic authorisation of street lighting where appropriate;
(2) if he will make adequate funds available to ensure that new roads built by local authorities in Scotland are fully equipped with street lighting where appropriate.
§ Mr. RossWithin the necessary limits of public expenditure, applications for loan sanction for essential street lighting linked with new road schemes are favourably considered.