§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the present position regarding delivery times for traffic signal equipment for all-purpose roads.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineFollowing discussions with the manufacturers, delivery times for standard installations have during the past few months been reduced from 26 weeks to about 16 weeks. Provided some changes in ordering procedures recommended by a Working Group set up jointly by the Department and the manufacturers are effected, this time can144W be further reduced to 11–12 weeks. These recommendations are now being discussed with the local authority associations.