§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give 389W his present estimate of when the various sections of the Portsmouth to Cadname M27 motorway will be opened for public use; and what current plans he has to extend the M27 further East or West.
§ Mr. SpeedThe Cadnam-Chilworth and the Windhover-Portsbridge sections will be opened in spring 1975 and the intervening section from Chilworth to Windhover during 1977. Proposals have been published for a further six miles of M27 from Havant to Chichester. Other improvements of the A27 to the cast of Portsbridge and of the A36 to the west of Cadnam are under preparation or being studied but the full extent of the M27 has not yet been determined.