New Move for Double Tunnel
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REPRESENTATIVES of local authorities concerned with the Black wall Tunnel met at London County Hall on Tuesday to discuss the proposed duplication of the tunnel. London County Council wish to start this project in the first five years of the road improvement programme included in the London Development Plan. The Minister of Transport has stated that whilst he is aware of the need for duplication, he had been able to contemplate only the improvement at the northern entrance being undertaken within the next few years. 'Fite L.C.C. obtained powers fcir duplication in 1938, providing for an under-pass at the intersection of the not them approach and East India Dock Road. Ihe scheme is for a new tunnel to run parallel to and about 800 ft. downstream from the existing tunnel. The present tunnel would be used by northbound traffic and the new by southbound. The cost of construction would be about i7.7rn. A resolution that the duplicate tunnel should he built soon was passed at Tuesday's meeting. Congestion in the existing tunnel was likely to increase with the appearance of wider vehicles now authorized by the Minister of Transport, it was stated. The resolution is being sent to all M.P.s in the area concerned. Mr. L J. Hayward, leader of the L.C.C., is to meet the Minister and ink ite him to witness the present congestion.
B.T.C. COMPARE ROAD AND RAIL COSTS
r EV tNG evidence before the Trans1.-3 part Tribunal in London on Monday, Mr. A. W. Tait, director of costings, British Transport Commission, said that comparisons had been made between the costs of road and rail transport to ascertain whether the proposed maximum scales of rail charges had been made sufficiently high in relation to road transport costs to allow a wide field of competition. " If the maximum scales are too low," he said, "road transport will be excluded from a part of the field in which its costs will usually be substantially lower than the corresponding rail costs."
The Tribunal were hearing the B.T.C.'s case for confirmation of their charges scheme for the carriage of goods by rail.
OPPOSITION AT BOLTON THREE local authorities are to make I representations against a proposal to abolish workers' fares made by Bolton Transport Department and joint operators. The application is to be heard by the North Western Licensing Authority at Bolton on October 28.