§ Lord Brabazon of Taraasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Traffic Director for London has studied the effect of the closure of Hammersmith 303WA Bridge on shops and small businesses in Barnes and on daily commuter parking in the area immediately to the south of the bridge; and whether they will ask the Traffic Director to prepare and publish a report into the effects of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to traffic.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Baroness Hayman)The Traffic Director's office has not undertaken a study into the effects of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge on shops, small businesses or on daily commuter parking. The collection of information on these matters is for the local authorities concerned and we therefore do not propose to ask the Traffic Director to undertake such a study or prepare a report.