Pugh refuses extra vehicles
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ceeded in gaining the renewal of its 16 vehicle PSV licence for a period of two years, at a Cardiff public inquiry. But South Wales Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh has refused to increase the authorisation on the company's licence to 25 vehicles for the time being.
Last December Williams' licence was revoked on maintenance grounds, but a fresh licence was subsequently issued until the end of April following undertakings that the maintenance system recommended in South Wales would be introduced. A warning was given
that any further prohibition notices would likely lead to the loss of the licence for good. (CM 21 December-3 January and 18-24 January). Within a matter of two days a further nine prohibition notices were imposed on the firm's fleet.
South Wales senior vehicle examiner Graham Burton said that a considerable amount of money had since been spent on tools, including the installation of a rolling road brake tester. Great efforts had been made to raise the professionalism of the operation.
During a fleet inspection in March one immediate and two delayed prohibitions were issued. They had in the main been for broken spring leaves, and Glyn Williams had said that there were some nasty pot holes on the road.
Burton said the Vehicle Inspectorate had been monitoring the fleet very closely and he did not see why the firm should not be capable of maintaining its existing fleet. However, he would not say they were capable of maintaining additional vehicles. He would like to see a period of time elapse first.
.Taking no disciplinary action, Mervyn Pugh said that despite what had occurred in the past, Williams had been able to prove that he could run good, safe coaches. If after six months the situation was still as good, he would look very favourably on an application to increase the fleet.