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Mr. Madel
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will initiate as a matter of urgency the construction of a third lane on the existing two-lane stretch of the M1 between South Bedfordshire and Hendon.
Mr. Michael Heseltine
My right hon. Friend has received the report of a Departmental project feasibility study upon the widening of this section of the M1 and he is urgently investigating the best means of providing additional capacity, or otherwise improving conditions for traffic, on this section of the M1.