§ Mr. MadelTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the current repairs to the M 1 between junctions 8 and 9 are complete what proportion of that section will have been widened to four lanes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe major maintenance works in progress consist of essential resurfacing and drainage renewal. No widening is being carried out at this stage.
Hertfordshire county council has recently been commissioned to carry out design work in widening of the M1 between junctions 6A and 10. Possible options will be considered carefully. The public will then be consulted and a preferred option announced in due course.