§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State of the Environment if he will write to residents of Loncinmead Avenue and Pinewood Avenue, New Haw, advising them whether their houses are to be demolished to make way for the M25 motorway.
§ Mr. SpeedThe route of this section of the motorway is not yet fixed, but the Department is prepared to consider sympathetically requests to purchase properties in Loncinmead Avenue and on the north side of Pinewood Avenue from owners who have been unable to sell at a reasonable price on the open market.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will decide on the Wisley-Chertsey section route of the M25 motorway.
§ Mr. SpeedBefore a decision is made the public are to be consulted and, if necessary, the public inquiry reopened. I will make a further announcement when the various options have been fully evaluated.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he has taken two years to publish the inspector's report on the proposed Addlestone-New Haw section of the M25 motorway.
§ Mr. SpeedThe Chertsey-Wisley and Wisley-Leatherhead sections of the M25 motorway were considered at joint public inquiries. Some extremely difficult and complex issues arose out of the inquiries. These had to be very carefully considered before decisions could be taken or an announcement made. An overlap of interests precluded the release of either part of the inspector's report in advance of the other.