§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated capital cost of the preferred Flint-Burton single-purpose highway scheme; what is the net present value of the benefits; and by what amounts these sums will be increased if the crossing is constructed as a multi-purpose scheme with reservoirs built at the head of the estuary.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasNo decision on the line of a crossing will be taken until the alternatives have been evaluated in the light of the Water Resources Board's report on national water strategies.
The consultants' estimates relating to the Flint-Burton and other possible lines are in pages 197–8 of Vol. 1 of the Report "Dee Estuary Scheme Phase IIA", a copy of which is in the Library.