§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the extension of the M3 will be completed; and what is the dateline for linking the end of the M3 with the Andover bypass.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe length between Lightwater and Sunbury should be completed by the end of next year. The line of the extension from Popham to Compton has not yet been fixed, and it is too early to say when it will be built. Parts of the Popham—Andover route have been improved to dual carriageway standard, and improvement of the remainder may be completed by the mid-1970s.
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the crash barriers will be installed in the centre of the motorway M3; and what plans he has for providing further crash barriers for the new extension of the M3 and Andover bypass.
§ Mr. Graham PageCentral reserve safety barriers are now being installed on the five miles between Blackwater and Lightwater and a further seven miles will be equipped in 1973–74. The 13 miles extension from Lightwater to Sunbury is being provided with barriers as part of the construction works.
Andover bypass is a trunk road, and as such is not included in the national barrier programme announced on 16th December last. There are no plans for equipping this bypass with barriers.