§ Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will outline the current planned timetable for the Thetford bypass, including dates for the public participation inquiry, and the start and completion of the works.
§ Mr. HoramIf a viable scheme emerges from the current investigations, I hope that it will be possible to proceed to public consultation on alternative routes at about the end of this year. Schemes between Newmarket and Cringleford on A31 are shown in Table 5 to the White Paper "Policy for Roads: England 1978" (Cmnd. 7132) with a start of works in 1981–83. I am unable to say at this stage what the construction period will be.