Concrete Road Built by New Method'
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ASTRETCH of concrete road has been built for Nottinghamshire County Council by John Laing and Son, Ltd., by a new method which, it is stated, could revolutionize travel in Britain. The company evolved a prototype concrete spreader for laying, compacting and finishing a roadway 24 ft. wide. instead of 12 ft., in one operation. The object of the scheme was to find out whether a high standard of riding quality could be achieved with all-concrete construction.
The road is known as the Oxton by-pass extension and is three-quarters of a mile long. It is part of an improved route between the A46 road from Leicester to Newark and the A614 from Nottingham to Bawtry.
The surface was laid continuously over the expansion-joint filler and, after hardening, was cut by diamond saw to a depth of 2 in. Joints were sealed with a rubber bitumen compound.
Mr. Hugh Molson, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, opened the road on Tuesday.
Work has started on two schemes for improving the A45 London-Holyhead trunk road near Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Dual carriageways will be made.
FARE BID TOO SOON?
BOTH Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council will oppose the application for higher fares made by City of Oxford Motor Services, Ltd., before the East Midland Licensing Authority, on Tuesday.
The objectors will argue that the present rates were approved only in April last year. and ought.not to be raised after such a short time. The county council will submit that the proposals are unreasonable.
ONE-MAN-BUS DISPUTE TALKS? TALKS on the one-man-bus dispute
between City of Oxford Motor Services, Ltd., and the union (The Commercial Motor, April 13) may be held soon. The company's general manager, Mr. T. P. Sheridan, said they had no intention of forcing the issue.
B.E.T. OMNIBUS PROFIT UP
IT was announced on Wednesday that the net profit of B.E.T. Omnibus Services, Ltd., for the year ended March. 31 last was £452,892, compared with £412,815 a year earlier. The net profit was struck after charging £354,237 to tar. Dividends for the year total 15 per cent.
GREATER INCENTIVE
THE incentive bonus scheme of Bristol Co-operative Society, applying to their bodybuilding workers, has been modified so that instead of surpluses arising from increased output being shared equally between the Society and the employees, .60 per cent. will go to the workers and 40 per cent, to the Society