§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's estimate of the likely effect of the new link up of the M1 and M6 motorways in relation to the volume of direct London to Manchester or northwest traffic and the need for additional service and refreshment facilities.
§ Mr. SpeedArrangements have been made to study the effect on traffic flows of the completion of the Midland link. 323W This study will show how the volume of traffic between the South East and the North West is changed. However we will not have reliable estimates until new traffic patterns have been established.
On the second part of the Question, I refer the hon. Member to the answer to his previous Question.