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Mr. Mitchell Atta cks Road Neglect

11th December 1959
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OAD development and facilities for 1\. off-road loading and unloading -bad been neglected over the years, Mr. J. B. Mitchell, a national vice-chairman of the Road Haulage Association, told the Edinburgh Rotary Club last week. This was the cause of the present slowing in the movement of traffic, he claimed.

The new Minister of Transport had shown that he waP, going to he tough on this subject, and Mr. Mitchell prophesied that the pink-zone Christmas parking ban, in central London, would eventually be extended and enforced.

It was unfortunate, be observed, that at the present time, when a start had been made towards improving roads and conditions, some politicia'ns and others should suggest the transfer of goods from road to rail.

Interworking arrangements between centres would be bound to drive larger companies—especially those with one-way traffic—into making co-operative arrangements. Transport was developing in such • a way that the bigger companies had already established bases in the main centres of Scotland and England, There was already a high degree of interworking between operators, and even with British Road Services, he said. Unfortunately the same mutual assistance did not exist between the independent haulier and the railways generally. There was room for improvement here, but only the railways could deal with it. c19

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