Why No Special A Licences Revoked ?
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THE case for revoking special A licences under Section 9(4) -of the Transport Act, 1953, if the vehicles were movedfrom their original areas, was pressed in the House of Commons last week by Mr. Ernest Davies. He demanded to know why no action had been taken in the many cases in which vehicles had been moved from one pail of the country to another Mr. I. Boyd-Carpenter, Minister ot Transport, replied that it had not been necessary to revoke any special 4 licence.
So far. he said, 18,695 vehicles and 425 depots of British Road Services had been sold. Altogether 31,636 vehicle; and 821 depots were due for disposal Answering other questions, he said that:—
(1) Heestimated that during the next three years the number of motor vehicles would increase by 1km. He !toped that additional restrictions would not be necessary.
• (2) More equipment has been provided to deal with snow and ice on main roads (3) The possibility nt reducing the width of pavements in some London streets, so as to widen the carriageway, was being examined.
Mr. Boyd Carpenter would not accept a suggestion that he should introduce comprehensive amending regulations to bring speed limits up to date.
ST. ALBANS BYPASS DETAILS
DETAILS of the proposed £5.5m. St. Albans by-pass motorway were published by the Minister of Transport last week, and objections to the scheme may be lodged within the next three months
The by-pass will be over 16 miles long and will link the London north orbital road and the Watford by-pass with the proposed London-Yorkshire motorway and the A6 near Luton. Its purpose will be to relieve the AS and A6, and ease congestion in Elstree, Radlett, Park Street, St. Albans and Redbourn.
Two-level junctions will be built at four points, and there will be a fly-over crossing at the motorway junction.
NEW HOLMES COMPANY
THE whole of the £150,000 capital of Holmes (Preston), Ltd,, has been acquired by Holmes Homalloy, Ltd. The Industrial Securities Co., Ltd., arc sponsoring an application to the Council of the Stock Exchange, London, for permission to deal in the ordinary shares of Holmes Homalloy.
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Cab Output Up 60%
PRODUCTION of goods-vehicle cabs and sub-cab structures for passenger vehicles has been raised by 60 per cent. by Leyland Motors, Ltd.. since the cab-building factory was reorganized earlier this year
New additions to the factory are a paint-spray booth and stove-enamelling plant, used for stove-priming parts such as mudguards, cab doors, dash assemblies and corner panels Parts are first degreased and then travel suspended from a conveyor belt in front of the spraying booth, where they are sprayed while in motion. An extractor fan draws away paint-laden air and the extracted paint is recovered.
Newly sprayed parts then pass through an open infra-red oven heated
to 550° l In iust under three minutes they are completely stoved, ready for delivery to the assembly lines.
This plant is to be augmented by a larger tunnel-type booth for spraying complete cabs inside and outside. Basically similar to that described, it will have a 1-ton electric lifting block to raise cabs for spraying the undersides with primer.