§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will undertake a new survey of traffic flows on the A69 west of Hexham; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AtkinsAt present the Department has two permanent traffic counters west of Hexham on the A69 trunk road. One of these is east of Haltwhistle where regular counting takes place. The other is close to Greenhead village, and operates on alternate months.
A further two sites are proposed, one is to be located close to the Cumbria border, the other to the east of Haydon Bridge. The intention is to monitor and count these sites every alternate month.
The length of the A69 west of Hexham to the Cumbria border is approximately 20 miles and the Department considers that with all these counters in operation sufficient information will be available to keep a close check on the use of this section of the trunk road.