Exports Recover i n May
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XPORT.S May of 11,028, commercialvehieles represented a return to the level attained in the first three months of the year after a small decline in April, although they 'were be.loW the figure for May .last "year, when 12,846 units were sent abroad. Details appear in the
accompanying table.
During May, 24,876 goods vehicles, road haulage . tractors and special-type vehicles were produced, together With 143 battery-electrici. Total passenger-vehicle. output was 703. Weekly average output was 6,431 Of all types, making 25,722 for the month
Of the goods vehicles; toad haulage tractors' and special. types, 13,497 were of under 15-cwt. capacity, 6,123 from 15 cwt.-3 tons, 3,018 from 3-6 tons, and 2,238 over 6 tons. Of. the passenger vehicles, 502 were . single-deck and 185 double-deck motorbuses and 16 were trolleybus.es..
In the five months ended May, 131,110 goods vehicles, road haulage tractors and special types were produced, made up of +.12 6,9,949 of up to 15-cwt. capacity, -33,006 from 15 cwt.-3 tons, 16,166 frorn 36 'tons and 11,989 over 6 tons.
Manufacturers produced 4,020 passenger vehicles, of which 2,890 were singledeck and 1,442 double-deck motorbuses, and 88 were trolleybuses.
The overall total output for the five months was 135,925. . The bridge, which carries a private line of the Staveley company, has been the scene of several accidents. When approached eight years ago, Derbyshire County Council said that no funds were available for alteratiOns, as the road was a Class 3 highway, . Negotiations were begun between interested bodies, and the work has been done by Staveley employees at a cost of £3,600. East Midland contributed £1,000.