" Ambitious " Application
1st December 1961, Page 37
1st December 1961
Page 37
Page 37, 1st December 1961
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riA GRANT of one 11-ton articulated unit was made by the -Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. W. F. Quin, in Glasgow last week in respect of an application made to him in October by James McKelvie and Co. (B.M, and P.), Ltd., Barrhead (see "The Problem of Long, Flexible Loads," p. 341, The Commercial Motor, October 13).
McKelvie and Co. had asked for an A licence variation for five articulated units of a total unladen weight of 55 tons.
In announcing his decision last week, Mr. Quin said th,e application was rather ambitious, and there • was no evidence to support a grant of its size. It should be emphasized, he added, that where railway facilities were suitable they should be used.,