§ Sir John Farrasked the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce whether the eastern district distributor road will be included in the approved structure plan for the county of Leicester.
§ Mr. TraceyI have been asked to reply.
The proposed Leicester eastern district distributor road was one of the matters considered at the examination in public held last November. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State expects to receive the report of the panel which held the examination within the next few days. Following his consideration of that report, my right hon. Friend will publish within the next few months any 161W modifications which he proposes to make to the submitted alterations to the plan. After publication of the proposed modifications, there will be a further opportunity for representations to be made on them to my right hon. Friend before he makes his final decision on the plan.