MERSEYSIDE BUS CO-ORDI NATION
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THE question of co-ordination oh Merseyside has recently been the subject of a number of public utterances in the area. Speaking at a dinner in Liverpool, the Mayor of Birkenhead (Alderman C.McVey) said he was sure that the two new boroughs. Crosby and Bebington, would give valuable support to co-ordination on Merseyside.
Since the publication of the Tyneside report, the question of co-ordination had become a more definite subject for discussion, but his personal view was that regional.councils were not yet a practical proposition. He thought that those concerned should start a little earlier by making a determined effort at co-ordination on certain individual questions. The big problem of transport would require careful examination.
Criticism of the Merseyside Co-ordination Cbmmittee was voiced by Councillor G. L. Reakes, in addressing New Brighton Ratepayers' Association. " It is a matter of keen regret to me," he said. " that during ray year of office as Mayor of Wallasey, no headway was made with regard to Merseyside co-ordination, the so-called coordination committee having remained in a state of coma."
BUSMEN SHARE £52,000.
THE 26,000 central busmen employed by London Transport will each receive an extra £2 in their wages envelopes this week. The Board and the Transport and General Workers Union agreed on this sum, which represents compensation for the differences of working conditions between the old and the new schedules.
£100,000 STATION PLAN.
PLANS for Leicester's long-awaited £100,000 bus station in BUrley's Lane and Gravel Street will he recommended for approval at the next council meeting. They provide for departure platforms, waiting rooms, lavatories and a café.