§ Dr. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in view of the decision of the Royal Borough of New Windsor to approve the permanent closure of Windsor Bridge, he will reconsider his decision not to include Windsor in the list of historic towns for which by-pass routes are planned.
§ Mr. Graham PageMy right hon. Friend's recent announcement of inter-urban trunk road plans drew attention to the relief for those historic towns on trunk roads. The reason why Windsor was not shown on the map of historic towns was simply that it is not on a trunk road. It is, however, already afforded some relief from through traffic by the M4; and will be afforded further relief by the completion of the north and south orbital routes. The Eton-Windsor relief road takes traffic away from the historic town centre. The closure of Windsor Bridge has had the effect of diverting more traffic from the town on to the relief road.