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Ulster Hauliers Prepare , for Boom _ P RIVATE road hauliets,.at

6th March 1964, Page 45
6th March 1964
Page 45
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present confined to Belfast and Londonderry, are preparing to move into the freight business on a province-wide scale. This follows the Government's •proposals to disband the U.T.A. and throw road transport open to private enterprise.

Details of the scheme will not be known until a Bill to dissolve the present U.T.A. monopoly is introduced, probably before the summer recess. But longterm plans are being made in anticipation of a transport boom on the new motorways that will criss-cross Ulster.

Several companies are considering going -into the private hire business— until now exclusivelY a U.T.A. concern. Ferry transport companies are particularly interested in the road freight proposals, which could mean a considerable expansion of their business. At present their lorries are confined to Belfast and Londonderry, and they have to use U.T.A. transport elsewhere.

Mr J Duke, general manager of Wordie and Co. (Ulster) Ltd., said his company was "definitely interested" in extending its operations. "But we are well aware that the U.T.A., with its depots everywhere, is in a better position to run an economic service ", he said.

In the north-west, the Londonderry and Lough Swilly company, which operates a passenger and• road freight service into Donegal, may consider moving into the private enterprise field.

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