PARKING PLANS FOR VISITING COACHES.
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Official Information, Aided by Maps, Which Should Prove of Inestimable Value to Coach Proprietors.
SO far, 41 cities and towns have been dealt with by us under this heading, our endeavour being to give, on an average, four places per week, only the great call that is made upon our space in each issue preventing us, as a rule, from doing more. We have already covered the following i—Oxford, Norwich, Cardiff, Clacton-on-Sea, Calmarvon, Penzance, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Exeter, Weymouth, York, Worcester, Llandudno, Bournemouth, Matlock (including Matlock Bath and Cromford), Basingstoke, Penrith, Chester, Ashbourne, Salisbury, Elgin, Blackpool, Retford, Dumfries, Scarborough, Hastings, Margate, Buxton, Thirsk, Forfar, Leicester, Maidstone, Newquay, Whitby, Kilmarnock, Torquay, Lancaster, Stirling, Windsor, Barnard Castle, Lowestoft, Derby, Grimsby, and Knaresboronghthe names being given in the order in which the plans have appeared in 7' Ixe Commercial Motor.
We have received voluminous evidence of the appreciation felt for this particular enterprise on the part of this journal.
It has involved a large amount of work—far snore than appears on the surface—because, in addition to the gathering and preparation of information for our coach-owner readers, we have found ourselves called upon to supply considerable matter on the whole subject to various authorities. If, however, there is any way in which the information thus rendered available can be handled for the convenience of coach owners and their staff of drivers, conductors, and inspectors we shall be only too glad to be of any further assistance.
For instance, many coach owners have ordered copies of the plans printed on cards for distribution amongst their staffs. We are also being asked to supply complete sets of copies of the plans for display in local libraries, and we would like to know from librarians if they would generally like us to send them copies for exhibiting in this manner. This week we deal with the regulations in force in Bury St. Edmunds, Dover, Macclesfield, and Newcastle-underLyme.
Ihrax Sr. EDMUNDS.—Visiting mof or elars-'a-banes have had provided for them, by the council, a stand on the west side of the roadway running north and south of the Angel Hill. No charge will be imposed for such standing. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME.—MOthf. coaches may be parked in the High Street just below the Town Hall. A fee of 1s. per vehicle is charged, the fee being payable at the police station a few yards away. It should be noted, however, that the space thus allocated is filled with stalls on Saturdays, and
on those days inquiries should be made at the police station before parking.
DovEn..—Visiting coaches should set down their passengers, park, and pick up their passengers at the allotted space in Cambridge Road—a road at the bottom of King Street (a continuation of London Road). No fee is charged for parking.
MACCLESFIELD.—A parking groundand a site for setting down and picking up passengers by motor coach has been allocated at Waters Green, beside the railway. The charge is Is. i_aer hour or 2s. 6d. .per day, no charge, however, exceeding 2s. 6d. The council has also allotted sites on Park Green, Westminster Street, and the Market Place as parking sites for -private, motorcars, no charge being made.