w-vintage Port?
15th July 1966, Page 55
15th July 1966
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Keywords :
Geography Of England, Geography Of The United Kingdom, Counties Of England, Transport In Bristol, Port Of Bristol, Bristol, Portbury, River Severn, Business / Finance
ETECT a warming up of the ding-dong between the wernment and the Port of Bristol Authority on the tender of Portbury, the proposed new port. At a recent public ig the PBA chairman, Alderman Parish, claimed: "At ry we can command the best communications in the -y." The PBA also claims that haulage rates from Bristol ; Midlands are cheaper than from any other major port. airy with Cardiff and Swansea will be sharpened by the ig of the Severn Bridge, and Portbury's target of handling ans of exports annually by 1972 is based on the obtainsizeable container traffic.
s certainly in Bristol's favour that it will be well served atorways, but I decline to take sides in a regional argu