§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in light of his policy of making motorways environmentally attractive, he will reconsider the use of wooden palings reinforced with iron bars along some stretches of the M11 and plastic-coated wire fences along other stretches; why such methods of fencing are being used; and if he will consider either continuing to use only open wooden fences, or planting shrubs and trees as quickly as possible to hide the palings and wire already in place.
§ Mrs. ChalkerMy Department's standard motorway fencing continues to be timber posts with open rails. Occasionally, as in some places on the M11, local conditions call for different treatments: for example, high chain link fencing to counter deer, to provide special security for adjoining property or alongside schools and playing fields; a metal fence to screen the Lords bridge radio observatory from electronic interference; and close-boarded fencing to provide noise protection. Comprehensive planting has already been carried out along the Mil and will in time hide much of the fencing.