HL Deb 18 January 1972 vol 327 cc59-60WA
VISCOUNT BLEDISLOE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have considered the traffic hold-up which will inevitably occur in the two bottlenecks at Chepstow when the M4 Motorway is opened and whether they will investigate the possibility of constructing access roads on to and off the M4 Motorway at Beachley so as to enable traffic going to and from West Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean to use the M4 Motorway without having to pass through the Chepstow bottlenecks.

LORD SANDFORD

It is not expected that completion of the M4 is likely to result in a large volume of traffic passing through Chepstow to reach the Forest of Dean. Other routes are available. Access roads to the motorway viaduct at Beachley were considered when the Severn Bridge was designed but rejected on account of the physical problems involved and the proximity of the Newhouse Interchange.