§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report details of the east-to-west road traffic, mainly on the A57, and north-to-south traffic, mainly on the Al in and around Worksop, particularly at peak periods such as week-ends, bank holidays, and holidays, indicating the extent of the congestion in Worksop itself mainly from the holiday traffic from Sheffield and South Yorkshire in 1977, and Qivine not only the trend over the previous 244W 10 years, but anticipated trends in the future
§ Mr. HoramI regret that information is not available in the precise form requested.
The available information is as follows:
Traffic Survey Point ehicles/ 16 hour day June 1972 Traffic increase by September 1977 Per cent. Canal Bridge, Worksop 22,432* Not available A57 at Gateford 10,676 + 10 A57, East of junction with A620. 5,597 + 8 A620, Retford Road, East of A620. 5,824 + 15 A60 South of Worksop 11,115 + 13 A60 North of Worksop 6,356 +20 A1 West of Markham Moor. 17,251† Not available * Includes 2,300 heavy vehicles, about half with 3 or more axles. † August 1974 count. Traffic growth before 1972 was at about the national average rate; since 1972 it has been rather greater than national average, and is expected to continue because of residential and industrial development around Worksop. Infor-ation on holiday traffic flows is not available.