§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in sequence the various stages of the procedures now to be followed with respect to the Kirkhamgate-Dishforth motorway link; if there are no undue delays, how long each stage will take; and, assuming the satisfactory completion of all stages, in what year he expects a start to be made on the road.
§ Mr. CarmichaelThe expected sequence of events is as follows:
- announcement of preferred route;
- publication of draft line order
- public inquiry into draft line order;
- announcement of decision following public inquiry;
- publication of draft side roads and compulsory purchase orders;
- public inquiries into draft side roads and compulsory purchase orders; and
- announcement of decision following public inquiries.
It is not possible at this stage to say when each of these events will take place but work on the road is not likely to start until the early 1980s.