HC Deb 28 March 1973 vol 853 c323W
73. Mr. Kelley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will initiate discussions with the various interested bodies to promote a full cost benefit analysis of the proposed scheme for improving the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

What is needed is more concrete evidence that when improved the waterway would indeed attract the traffic necessary to ensure an economic return and realisation of the social and environmental benefits envisaged. The British Waterways Board is now seeking this evidence.