Kingswater Development, Greater Manchester (No 2)

EDM number 1197 in 1990-91, proposed by Gerald Kaufman on 24/07/1991.

That this House deplores the fact that NWW plc and Tameside MBC have had 12 months to put forward proposals for road access to the Kingswater development; notes that with the public inquiry set for 12th September no approval for a road scheme has been given; notes the secret advice of Tameside's QC for the inquiry that a delay of six months should be sought, so that a firm road scheme could be put forward; deeply regrets Tameside's decision to try and give itself approval for a road scheme with the minimum of public consultation; notes that the proposed road scheme reverses the recommendation of a public inquiry inspector into the proposed M66 from Stockport to Denton; notes that the proposed access scheme will have far reaching implications for traffic levels in Denton and all the way into Manchester on the A57; therefore calls on the Secretary of State for Transport, to set up a public inquiry into the road proposals; and asks the Secretary of State for the Environment to delay the inquiry into the Kingswater development until such time as the road scheme has been determined by a public inquiry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.