HC Deb 15 June 1972 vol 838 cc378-9W
Mr. Charles R. Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take immediate steps to prevent the Manchester Corporation proceeding with a scheme of landscaping the central reservation of the Eastern Bypass, Openshaw, Manchester, which envisages the provision of a third access for heavy vehicular traffic along the central reservation of an existing dual-carriageway, and thereby creating an additional road hazard.

Mr. Speed

The landscaping scheme proposed by Manchester City Council would remove an existing access for heavy vehicles over the central reservation of the Eastern Bypass. It would not provide a third access. Work on the scheme is temporarily suspended by reason of a claim to aright of access along the reservation.