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from our Parliamentary correspondent It IS 1110T proposed to publish any of the representations made on the proposed network of heavy lorry routes.
Mr Kenneth Marks, Under-Secretary DoE, who stated this in the Commons last week, added that there would be no objection to any of the bodies concerned making its views public.
Until the consultations were finished it would not be known how many lorry routes there would be in the country as a whole, and particularly in national parks — a matter which had led to a question from Mr Frank Hooley (Labour, Heeley).
Mr Michael Madden (Labour, Sowerby) said it would be transport lunacy and the creation of potential road hazards to put heavy lorry routes on roads such as A646 through the Calder Valley of West Yorkshire, a road that was close to M62.
Mr Marks replied that the lorry routes were a matter for discussion between local authorities and the Department. He would be surprised if lorries travelling from Lancashire to Yorkshire used the road mentioned by Mr Madden rather than M62.