Minister Drops Hint Aboui Plans for London Traffic
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THE Minister of Transport, Mr. Ernest Marples, dropped a broad hint, when speaking ,at the Public Transport Association dinner in London, that he is considering more drastic traffic proposals for London. Among these may well be more bans on loading and unloading goods vehicles.
We must stop loading and unloading at unreasonable times,"• he said. "When the traders come to see me (as they will) I hope, Mr. Chairman, I can rely on your support." The Minister claimed that traffic in London today was moving nine per cent. faster than it did last year.
He also forecast "many more one-way streets," the elimination of righthand turns in two-way streets, and electronic devices to count traffic passing through light-controlled junctions. "By the mid-1960s," he went on. "we shall have gone a long way towards solving the inter-town traffic problems." Most major roads would be three-lane dual carriageways with hard shoulders that could support any vehicle. "The real difficulty is in towns themselves," he said. "Urban motorways and throughways. I believe we must have."