HC Deb 26 July 1972 vol 841 cc336-7W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what plans his Department has for the building of a motorway in mid-Wales within the next 10 years.

Mr. Peter Thomas

I have no present plans to build a mid-Wales motorway but a variety of schemes is in progress or preparation designed to improve road communications in mid-Wales.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what length of dual carriageway is intended to be built in mid-Wales within the next 10 years.

Mr. Peter Thomas

Approximately five miles. The present foreseeable needs of traffic on trunk routes in mid-Wales generally can be met by the provision of good standard single carriageway roads. Feasibility studies now in progress in the area will show whether further lengths of dual carriageway road will be needed in the future.