HC Deb 13 January 1992 vol 201 cc491-2W
18. Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the division of responsibility between local and central Government on the development of the A13 and its approaches, with respect to the east end of London.

Mr. Chope

My Department has a major programme of works to the A13 trunk road to improve access to east London and docklands. The London Docklands development corporation has a complementary programme to provide new access roads within docklands. I have no plans to change the allocation of responsibility for the A13.

20. Mr. Janman

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what time scale he envisages work on the Mardyke-Wennington link of the A 13 commencing.

Mr. Chope

I hope that the decision of the public inquiry will be announced in February, and subject to the completion of the statutory procedures, some advance work will commence in the autumn of this year.

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