§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he can now announce measures to reduce the risk of accidents on motorways in fog.
§ Mr. PeytonI have decided that lighting should be installed on 86 miles of motorway in areas particularly prone to fog. The lengths to be lit, which were chosen by analysing accidents on motorways in fog over a period of three years, are as follows:
This is the largest single lighting programme ever undertaken and is estimated to cost £2½ million. I hope that the first lights will be installed in the autumn and the whole programme completed during 1973.
Miles M1—Scratchwood to Newport Pagnell (Junctions 3 to 14) 38 M1—Nottingham area (Junctions 24 to 26) 11 M5—Almondsbury to Avonmouth (Junctions 16 to 18) 6 M6—Wolverhampton (Junctions 10 to 11) 6 M6—Lymm to Wigan (Junctions 20 to 27) 17 M62—Rockingstone Moss to Ainley Top 8 Total 86 The Landscape Advisory Committee has been consulted. The design of each individual length of lighting will be put to the Royal Fine Art Commission for comment.