§ Mr. Tapsellasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will now include a bypass of the A16 through Louth in the active trunk road programme.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI am pleased to say that, following our further study of a possible scheme with Lincolnshire county council, I have decided to put an A16 Louth bypass
10-year average Accident rate per 100 crossings Manned crossings Automatic crossings Year Gates Lifting barriers including those using CCTV Automatic half barriers (AHB) Automatic open crossings locally monitored (AOCL) User worked crossings with miniature warning Hglus (MWL) 1979 4.22 0.20 1.67 0.81 1.98 1980 4.06 0.23 1.55 0.87 2.30 1981 3.80 0.22 1.83 0.91 2.60 1982 3.55 0.19 1.92 1.45 2.29 1983* 3.35 0.17 1.96 1.53 2.20 * Provisional figures only.