§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional works would be necessary to accommodate on the Ironbridge spanning the River Lea, on the A13 at Canning Town, the eight traffic lines of the adjacent Canning Town flyover at its slip roads.
§ Mr. NorrisAs this is an operational matter for the Highways Agency, I have asked the chief executive of the agency to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from . Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Nigel Spearing, dated 17 October 1994:
Steven Norris, the Minister for Transport in London, has asked me to write to you about your question in the House on the Al3 Ironbridge at Canning Town and the additional work which would be necessary for the bridge to accommodate eight lanes.The existing bridge is not wide enough to carry eight lanes to current standards. There is no satisfactory way of modifying the existing structure to provide the necessary width. New bridges on each side of the existing structure were, therefore, included in the published proposals for the A13 Ironbridge to Canning Town Improvement and these were examined at the public inquiry in June this year. It is now for the Secretaries of State for the Environment and Transport jointly to decide whether the proposals should proceed.