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IN THE COMMONS. .

3rd February 1967
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parlimentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said that 68+ miles of motorway were due for completion this year, and 39 miles in 1968.

• A bus lane is an experimental feature in a traffic management scheme for Tottenham

High Road---A10 in London, expected to be carried out later this year.

• There is as yet no precise timetable for the transport element of the Greater London development plan, reported Mr. Swingler. But a third report of the London Transportation Study expected during 1967 should enable further progress to be made.

• The Ministry of Transport has received comments from Chief Officers of Police on the proposals for a single set of rules for the parking of unlit vehicles in towns at night. Views of other organizations will now be sought.

• The cost of road traffic congestion in 1965 was about £730 million, according to the Road Research Laboratory.

• The Minister of Transport said she was considering how workers in national transport could be associated even more closely with management in the future.

• Mr. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, Minister of Technology, turned down a suggestion that he should refer the pricing of motor vehicle accessories to the Prices and Incomes Board. But he said his department was keeping this possibility under review.

• The basis of the cost of road traffic congestion was now being re-examined, said Mr. Swingler.