§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the work being done on the unfinished section of the M42 between Coleshill and Water Orton ahead of any formal decision on the future of this section of the M42 motorway.
§ Mrs. ChalkerA soil survey is being carried out at proposed bridge sites between the River Cole and the A4097 along the line of the link roads which form part of the Water Orton subsection of the M42 Tamworth section.
326WThis work will enable detailed bridge design to be completed quickly should it be decided to make the related compulsory purchase order which is now under consideration.
Nearby, on the length of the existing, but unopened, road between the M6 and the River Cole the Warwickshire county council is storing and transporting road- making materials for maintenance work on the M6.
§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to announce his decision on the M42 motorway section in the constituency of Meriden.
§ Mrs. ChalkerMy right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport and for the Environment hope to announce their decision early in the autumn.