§ 14. Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the increase in traffic he expects to occur on the A1 north of Morpeth when the A1 south of Newcastle becomes a motorway.
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§ Mr. ChopeTraffic models prepared as part of the routes south of Edinburgh study took into account potential high growth and the upgrading of the A I south of Newcastle. The predicted flows are substantially below the threshold criterion for dualling.
§ 38. Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional arrangements are being planned regarding the safety of the section of the A 1 road which straddles the Scottish border after the A1 becomes a motorway; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChopeMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, the Member for Edinburgh, West (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton), has commissioned Borders regional council to carry out a feasibility study for a short extension within Scotland of the proposed A1 Marshall Meadows dual carriageway scheme.