THE BOTTLE-NECK BRIDGE AT BEDFORD.
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The „Tlighways Ccanmittee of the Bed. ford Corporation has had uricr consideration the question • of the Stone Bridge, which, having regard to 'the increasing volume of vehicular traffic in the town, is now altogether inadequate. The closing of Cauldwell Bridge during the reconstruction . of Cauldwell Road has been responsible for an increased volume of traffic using the Steele Bridge, and on the reopening of Cauldwell Bridge the present difficulties will no doubt decrease to a certain extent.
The number of motor vehicles niing the roads, and especially the number of heavy vehicles, such as buses and motor lorries, is steadily increasing year by year, and there is no doubt that this bottle-neck constitutes a 'danger point, and an obstruction which the regulation or control of traffic at this point will not overcome. The council has asked the county council to consider the possibility of Widening the Town Bridge with a view to relieving unemployment, and the reply received was to the effect that owing to the enormous cost which would be entailed in widening the bridge at that time, and in view of the fact that such work would only provide employment for skilled labour, no steps to widen the bridge were then possible. The committee now recommends the council again to approach the county council on this subject, and to impress upon this body the necessity for preparing and executing a scheme in the near future.