West Country Needs Better Roads
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BETTER roads for the West Country. That is the aim of Mr. F. M. Bennett, Conservative M.P. for Torquay. Speaking at a dinner of the Newton Abbot and Torbay sub-area of the Road liaulage Association in Torquay last week, he said he suffered as much as anyone from inadequate West Country roads—particularly in the height of the tourist season. Ile hoped for positive results from representations which were being made to the Minister of Transport.
Referring to past threats of the Socialists to nationalize the road haulage industry, Mr. Bennett said: "1 don't think we need worry too much about that, because I do not see much prospect of them being able to put it into operation —at any rate, not in the near future."
HYDE PARK WORK IN MAY I T is expected that work on improve
ments at Hyde Park Corner, London, will begin on May 1, following London Town Planning Committee's acceptance, last week, of the £3m. tender by the Cubitts Fitzpatrick Shand group. The scheme should be completed in 28 months.
Balfour. Beatty and Co., Ltd., are to excavate the duplicate Blackwall Tunnel, work which will involve shifting 80,000 cubic yards of material. This will begin next month and be finished in 42 months.
RAIL-TO-ROAD PLAN MORFOLK County Council have .04 submitted a scheme to the Ministry of Transport for the conversion of 22 miles of the former Great Northern Railway line into roads.
The scheme is estimated to cost £871,000 against £1,132,000 for improving the present roads to meet traffic needs.