§ 52. Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate his Department has made of the amount of cross-Channel traffic presently using air transport which will be diverted overland on completion of the Channel 17W Tunnel; what proportion this represents of all cross-Channel air traffic from London and less than 500 miles from London; and if he will publish the relevant documentation in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. PeytonThe results of forecasting work on future traffic through a Channel Tunnel are not yet available. They will be published during the summer. In the meantime, tentative estimates indicate that perhaps 2.7 million passenger journeys or some 20 per cent. of the estimated air traffic to such destinations may be diverted in 1980.