Two-levelJunction on Kingston By-pass
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AAIN constructional work is about to LVi start on the 1358.000 Ministry of Transport scheme for a two-level junction which will allow traffic on the Kingston by-pass to flow under the • SurbitonLeatherhead road, A243, known as Hook Road. A large roundabout, incorporating two road bridges, will replace• the existing roundabout at ground level, and this will be connected by four slip-roads to the trunk road, which will rim in a cutting formed under the roundabout. The scheme will improve the Kingston by-pass for a length of about.1 mile, the two existing 24-ft. wide carriageways being extended from the eastern end of the llyunder to Woodstock Lane. The result will be a continuous stretch of double carriageway for about four miles from Burlington Road to Woodstock Lane. It is expected that work will start during the next 12 months on another scheme for making two carriageways between Burlington Road and Kingston Vale, near the Wandsworth boundary, thus extending the dual-carriageway system to a distance of about 6-1 miles.
WINTER SERVICES TO START EARLIER
1IpECAUSE of the decline in traffic, 1) Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., are to introduce their -wir ter time-tables seven weeks earlier than usual—in the middle of September—and save 341,000 miles. Mr. H. J. Thom, chairman of the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners, who approved the proposal, forecast further reductions in services as a result of the transfer of traffic to private transport. The Commissioners preferred the pruning of services to the complete withdrawal of unremunerative routes.
TOLLS FOR TYNE TUNNEL
USERS of the tunnel to be built under the Tyne between Howdon and Jarrow will have to pay tolls, Northumberland County Council have been informed. They had previously objected that tolls would lead to drivers avoiding the tunnel, and are to press for a limit to the period during which tolls may
be levied. •
Aid. D. Dawson 'said last week that the Ministry of Transport, who were meeting three-quarters of the cost of the project, had insisted upon . tolls, but the local authorities would try to keep the charges reasonable.
BRUSSELS AWARDS
AN international jury, under the presidency of Mr. Paul N. Matton. managing director of Trico-Folberth. Ltd., has been set up to adjudge and allocate awards to exhibitors in the road transport classifications of the Brussel.: Exhibition.
It consists of three Belgians, three French. three Russians and an Italian. French, which is spoken fluently by Mr. Matto, is the common language.