HC Deb 04 December 1972 vol 847 c313W
87. Mr. Terry Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he is giving to the possibility of an extension to the proposed M42 motorway so that it would continue to the west of the existing M5 motorway.

Mr. Speed

The decision to carry out a feasibility study into a new Birmingham west orbital route was announced in June 1971.