§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Norwood given on 25 January,Official Report, column 571, why bridge heights are not shown in imperial and metric measures when the facility to do so is available.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Department of Transport provides metric height signs on trunk roads which are used extensively by foreign lorries and where the bridge height is less than 4 m. Local highway authorities are advised to do the same on their roads.
We shall be encouraging the general use of metric signs in addition to imperial units as part of a series of measures we are introducing to reduce the incidence of bridge bashing.