§ Sir T. Kitsonasked the Secretary of State for Transport when it is intended to start work on the Bowes bypass on the A66; and, in view of the local newspaper strike, how many weeks delay has been caused in view of the fact that his Department was unable to publish the draft order.
§ Mr. HoramIf the statutory processes are completed satisfactorily a start could be made to work on the A66 Bowes Bypass early in 1979. This, of course,
PERCENTAGE OF TONNAGE CARRIED Mode of Transport Country Year Road Rail Coastal Shipping Air Other* Total United Kingdom … 1965 83† 12† 3.1 0.02 2 100 1970 83† 11† 3.0 0.03 3 100 1975 85† 11† 2.7 0.04 3 100 1976 84† 10† 2.8 .. 3 100 West Germany … 1965 75 14 0.1 0.01 11 100 1970 76 13 0.1 0.01 11 100 1975 77 12 0.1 0.02 11 100 France … 1965 76 16 0.5 0.02 8 100 1970 77 13 0.6 0.02 9 100 1975 77 12 0.8 0.03 10 100 Belgium … l965 63 17 0 0.02 19 100 1970 67 14 0 0.03 18 100 1975 69 11 0 0.04 20 100 Netherlands … l965 56 6 0 0.02 38 100 1970 55 4 0 0.03 41 100 1975 58 3 0 0.04 39 100 * Inland waterways and pipelines. † Excluding Northern Ireland traffic. Except for sea transport, the figures include internal freight and goods received from or despatched to foreign countries. Some goods which are transhipped from one mode to another are double-counted.