§ Mr. Waddingtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if it is his intention to have one public inquiry into the whole of the proposed route of the M65 or separate public inquiries for the different sections of the route; and when it is proposed to hold the public inquiries or inquiry.
§ Mr. SpeedProposals for the principal road section of the Calder Valley route from Colne to the Burnley Barracks 333W interchange and the trunk road continuation westwards to Blackburn were published earlier this year. Because of their close inter-relation it is proposed to hold a joint public inquiry into all objections, probably about the end of the year. The two western sections of the route from Blackburn to Feniscowles and from Feniscowles to the M6-M61 interchange are still in the early planning stages and it is too early to say what arrangements, if any, will need to be made for public inquiries.