HC Deb 08 November 1971 vol 825 c62W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest estimated completion date for the M4-M5 spine road running from Bristol to Plymouth and on to Penzance.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

By the mid-1970s for the M5 motorway to its present planned terminal south of Exeter and an improved A38 trunk road onwards to Plymouth. Improvement of the route to Penzance should be completed by the early 1980s.