Mr. W. E. Garrettasked the Secretary of State for Transport if there are any plans to bypass the Low Fell and Gosforth area of Tyne and Wear county council.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe roads through Low Fell and Gosforth are local roads for which Tyne and Wear county council is the statutory highway authority. There are no proposals for bypasses in the recent transport policy and programme submitted by the council to the Department.