HC Deb 08 December 1982 vol 33 cc502-3W
Dr. Owen

asked the Secretary of State for Transport, whether, in the light of the most recent fatal accident on the A38 near Plymouth, he will reconsider his decision not to provide safety fencing in the central reservation between Exeter and Plymouth.

Mrs. Chalker

I very much regret the recent accident in which two people died. To provide safety fencing in the central reservation between Exeter and Plymouth would cost about £1.3 million. I am not satisfied that expenditure of this order can be justified. I shall, however, continue to have the situation monitored.