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I N reply to a question regarding the goods traffic in the Channel tunnel at a meeting of the Institute of Traffic Administration at the Birmingham Centre on Monday, Mr. L. B. Marson, assistant adviser, Special Products, British Transport Commission, forecast that goods would, in the main, be carried on semitrailers which would be collected at the French terminal by drivers from the country of destination. Alternatively, the trailers would be moved by rail.
Referring to rates, Mr. Marson said that the " economists" had in prospect fixed the charges, with variations accordjug to the commodity carried. Earlier. Mr. Marson had pointed out that although the estimated cost of the tunnel increased with every year that passed, so had the estimate of the traffic. The cost per unit had remained constant.
Complaints Refuted THE'charge made by north-east Scotland haulers that the Scottish deputy L.A.'s rigid operation of the licensing regulations amounted to
bureaucratic interference" with the functions of hauliers has been emphatically denied by Mr. John Hay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of' Transport. However, it is conceded to Mr. A. F. Hendry, M.P., who championed the • hauliers, that difficulties could arise, as was said, in rural areas where there was a lot of seasonal work.
Better Roads' Call THE annual dinner dance of the Humberside section of the Institute of Transport was held at the Hull Guildhall last week when' the national president, Mr. E. G. Whitaker, stressed the need for improved road communications between Hull and the Midlands,