15-minute Extension Costs £6,000
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IF bus services in Cardiff were to be extended for 15 minutes in the evening, to meet requests by publicans and cinema managers, the public had to be prepared to pay for them, Aid. A. Manley, chairman of Cardiff Transport Committee, said at the annual dinner of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Section of the Institute of Transport last week. To extend the services from 10.45 p.m. to 11 p.m. would cost 16,000 a year.
Cllr. L Jenkins, Deputy Lord Mayor, said that the Severn Bridge project and the Midlands-South Wales trunk road were vital for South Wales. The docks, however, would have to be adapted to handle more traffic coming from the Midlands.
Sir John Benstead, vice-president of the Institute, said that the British Transport Commission would be delighted to see as much trade as possible flowing through South Wales ports. "But," he said, "there is more than one provider of transport." The matter could not be looked upon only as one for the railways.
Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, past-president of the Institute, told the Western Section last week that although he sympathized with them over the exclusion of the bridge from the Government's plans, they must not think too much in terms of trunk routes and forget the approaches to and congestion within the larger cities. It did not serve much purpose to be able to go fast between the cities if the centres were congested.
Although the Severn Bridge is not included in the Government's road plans, interested authorities are still pressing for it. The Minister of Transport has indicated that he would consider proposals which would not place too heavy a burden on the Treasury, and officers of Gloucester, Monmouth and Glamorgan county councils are considering cheaper schemes.