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Motorway Signs (Rochdale Deletion)

Volume 958: debated on Friday 17 November 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorway signs are to be altered by deleting Rochdale from them; and what is the estimated cost of doing so.

2nd October 1975. They are subject to regional variations and updating percentages.

The housing cost yardstick is reviewed each quarter and there have been 10 increases since October 1975. The effect of the first eight increases was consolidated in the increased allowances set out in circular 24/78 and given in the table. The two increases since then amount to 9 per cent.

68 motorway signs, at 18 junctions, are to be altered by deleting "Rochdale" and substituting "Leeds". at an estimated cost of £3,000. 32 signs showing "Rochdale", at eight junctions. will be retained.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many letters he has received asking him to remove the name Rochdale from M62 motorway signs; and what were the principal sources of such requests.

Three letters, and considerably more oral complaints, have been received about the inadequacy of the motorway signs. No letters have requested the removal of "Rochdale" from signs; that change is a consequence of the up-dating of the signs to meet the complaints received and to reflect the development of the motorway network since the present signs were installed.