HC Deb 24 January 1994 vol 236 cc82-3W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress of public consultation on his Department's initial proposals for the west of Aylesbury to Wing bypass.

Mr. Key

In response to the views expressed on proposals for a southern bypass of Aylesbury, my Department is today withdrawing from consultation. I have decided to look again at this issue, not ruling out the possibility of a northern corridor along the A41 towards the M40. Now that Buckinghamshire county council's southern bypass of Wing will not proceed as planned, I will commission a new and strategic study of the route between the A5 near Leighton Buzzard in the east and the M40 in the Oxford area in the West. This will be an early priority for the new Highways Agency.