Public Should be Able to Sue Authorities
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THE public should have the right to sue local authorities for failing to maintain roads in good condition. This is the contention of the General Council of the Bar, in a statement issued last week.
The council propose to sponsor a reform of the law which they say would be a contribution by the Bar to a reduction in the number of road accidents.
The present position, whereby local authorities can be sued only for carrying out repairs badly, has become established by long usage, says the council, but it remains the target of almost universal criticism.
GRANT FOR BRISTOL INNER RING
THE Ministry of Transport are expected to make a grant, in the financial year starting in April, towards the cost of completing Bristol's inner ring road— from St. James' Barton to Wellington Road.
Disclosing this in Parliament, last week, Mr: John Hay, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, said the Bristol scheme was one of a number of road developments on which £105m. was to be spent in the coming financial year.
WORK ON MOTORWAY SOON rONSTRUCTION of the second part of the Birmtigharn-South Wales motorway is to start shortly. It will be a 121-mile stretch from the southern outskirts of Birmingham to a point approximately a mile north of Warndon, Worcs. Work is expected to be completed in 18 months.
The new road will relieve heavy traffic congestion in Bromsgrove and involve the construction of 14 bridges.