§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether there are any plans to improve the A.13 between Benfleet and Southend during 1996.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen):The A.13 between Benfleet and Southend is not part of the trunk road network but is categorised as a local road and is therefore the responsibility of' Essex County Council as the local highway authority. Any measures to improve this section of the A.I3 arc a matter for the county council. The county council included the section as part of the "South-East Essex Package" hid in their transport policies and programme submission for 1996/97. The Government were able to accept this package for some £700,000 of funding in the 1996/97 local transport settlement.
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