§ Mr. SpeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set a target for the M20 Ashford to Hollingbourne motorway, now under construction, to be open to traffic by next Easter.
§ Mr. ChopeThe M20 motorway under construction between Maidstone and Ashford comprises two contracts. The contract completion date for the first from Hollingbourne interchange to Lenham is April 1991, but it cannot be opened to traffic before completion of the second contract from Lenham to Ashford interchange. That contract is due for completion in July 1991. As these are contractual dates I can give no assurance that an earlier opening will be achieved.