§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals his Department has to improve road connections east to west between Yorkshire and Lancashire to relieve pressure on the M62.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are no current trunk road proposals designed to relieve pressure on the M62. My Department will be making an assessment of the capacity requirements of the steeper sections of the motorway in the Pennines, as announced in the 1983 Roads White Paper.