§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the reply he gave to the hon. Member for Hastings, Official Report, 24th October, c.793, bearing in mind that the county councils of East Sussex and Kent have more up-to-date statistics than appear to be available in his Department about traffic flows on the A21 between Tonbridge and Hastings; and if he will give an estimate of the August 1978 traffic flows at each monitored site listed in his reply.
§ Mr. Horam:I understand that the two county councils have carried out a number of more recent traffic counts for their own purposes and that the results have been supplied to the hon. Member. However, most of these counts were not taken in the peak traffic month of August and are therefore not comparable with the figures given in my reply. Estimates of August 1978 flows at the Department's sites are as follows:
ESTIMATED AVERAGE AUGUST 1978 DAILY TRAFFIC BETWEEN 0600 AND 2200 HOURS AT SITES ON THE A21 North of Pembury 16,000 Lamberhurst Quarter 12,000 Lamberhurst Village By-Pass 11,000 Flimwell Grange 12,000 Hurst Green 13,000 Robertsbridge 11,000 Beaumont Park, near Baldslow 10,000