Felling Bypass

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1965.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Urwin Mr Thomas Urwin , Houghton-le-Spring 12:00, 14 December 1965

My hon. Friend speaks of the dangers of being dogmatically rigid, briefly remind him of a specific instance of this rigid dogma, as it is regarded by the public. I refer to the A690 and the question of placing a pedestrian crossing in a heavily built-up area where the speed limit has recently been raised to 40 m.p.h. A crossing in this area has been refused and yet about a quarter of a mile up the road, on a dual carriageway entering the Borough of Sunderland, the limit is 30 m.p.h. Public opinion is that the Ministry has applied rigid dogma.