asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the new one-way traffic routes brought into operation on 26th March in High Holborn have caused a bottle-neck at Bloomsbury Way, Blooms-bury Square and Vernon Place, while Southampton Place is now virtually completely free of traffic, and that some roads and portions of roads are entirely cut off from use by traffic; and if he will take steps to ensure that those preparing one-way traffic schemes prepare them in such a way that the traffic can flow more quickly than before and traffic blocks in bottle-necks can be avoided.
These one-way traffic routes were introduced by regulations made by the Commissioner of Police in order to avoid congestion which would otherwise have resulted from the construction of a subway under Theobalds Road and other work on the London County Council's improvement scheme for this area. The Commissioner is watching the situation, but it is too early to say whether any modification of the arrangements is necessary.