Improved N. Wales Parcels Service Sought
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TO improve their parcels services in North Wales, B.R.S. (Parcels), Ltd., continued their application (The Commercial Motor, April 1) to the North Western Licensing Authority, at Llandudno on Tuesday, to transfer five A-licensed vehicles from Liverpool to a new depot at Llandudno. Nine vehicles were at present working in North Wales, and the application concerned five of them, it was stated.
Mr. C. A. Welles, branch manager of the Liverpool parcels depot, said that the application involved no extra tonnage and, if granted, the five vehicles would be deleted from the Liverpool licence. It was estimated that the vehicles would carry some 4,000 parcels per week when based at Llandudno. At present they carried about 3,000 weekly.
There had been numerous complaints regarding the parcels service and Mr. Welles submitted a list of more than 140 instances where long delays in delivery had occurred. A grant would also abolish the tedious journey from Liverpool to Llandudno, he added.
Replying to Mr. J. Edward Jones for 13 independent hauliers, who objected, Mr. Welles said the main reason for the delays was congestion at the Liverpool depot. The transfer would help to do away with this. Mr. Edward Jones said that delays of 20 days and more could not be caused only by congestion; there must be some other reason.
Why was there not similar congestion in all the big cities, he asked. Mr. Welles replied: "Liverpool is a concentrated point, and the congestion is built up primarily by a large influx of traffic. It is then intensified by traffic congestion within the city and Merseyside."
Consideration had to be given to the public when delivering their goods and it was vital that a better service should be available, continued Mr. Welles.
The case continued.