R.I.A. Presses for Bigger Road Grants
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"ROADS have been neglected for over 11 years. Arrears of repair and maintenance works have now reached colossal figures. In many areas foundations are liable to collapse in a spell of inclement weather or from heavy traffic. The surfaces in many streets in busy districts, where traffic must circulate daily to maintain the life and industry of the nation, are cracked, distorted, pot-holed, slippery and dangerous."
The Roads Improvement Association asserts these facts in a letter sent to the Minister ef Transport asking him to persuade the Chancellor of the Exchequer to increase the Budget allocation to road maintenance by £20 m.
The drastic restrictions enforced upon all highway expenditure had never been a real economy, said the Association. Road transport to-day was much more costly than it need be, and would continue so while transport charges had to cover the losses arising from road accidents and their consequences, it was stated.,
£10 10s. COSTS AGAINST POLICE nISMISS1NG a charge that he per
mitted a lorry to be used when not in good condition, Nuneaton magistrates last week awarded the defendant, Beaumont Leslie Hopkins. 2, Seaford Road, Leicester, £10 tOs. costs.
Defendant was director and maintenance engineer of a Leicester haulage conceit. The case arose out of an accident in which the lorry Overturned. A vehicle examiner alleged that the vehicle had certain mechanical defects.
In defence, it was stated that the company's vehicles were regularly serviced. The vehicle involved had been checked the night before the accident. This and subsequent damage were caused by the lorry running into a hole in the 'road.
ADDITIONAL PICKING-UP POINTS GRANTED ON APPEAL
ADAPTABLE UTILITY ' ARRANGED to carry up to seven passengers or an equivalent quantity or goods, a new utility version of the Bedford 10-12-cwt. van has been produced by The Grosvenor Carriage Co., Ltd., Kimberley Road, Willesden Lane, London, N.W.10.
The seats and squabs can be arranged to provide sleeping accommodation behind the driving compartment or to convert the vehicle into a singlestretcher ambulance. The price, including purchase tax, is £751 13s. 4d. ,