"No Waiting" in Hull Strongly Opposed
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ASTRONG Road Haulage Association objection was lodged at Hull, fast week, when a public inquiry was held into the corporation's plan to impose "no waiting" orders in George Street, Savile Street and part of lames Street.
Mr. R. E. Paterson, for the R.H.A., submitted that local and long-distance deliveries would be affected, resulting in complete commercial chaos. He suggested one-way restrictions instead.
For the Traders' Road Transport Association, Mr. K. J. Bateman said congestion would be increased under the proposals, and reasonable collection and delivery of goods would be impossible.
ESSEX-KENT TUNNEL JOIN-UP 25-FT. DOWN
ENGINENGINEERS and miners working on EERS £11m. Dartford-Purfleet tunnel broke through the last few feet of chalk separating the Essex and Kent halves last week-end.
The meeting of the two halves, 25 ft. below the river bed, is the climax of two years' work, and the tunnel and its approaches are expected to be ready for traffic in 1962.
An early start will be made on the 13-mile northern section of the Doncaster by-pass motorway. The by-pass, due to be completed in 1961, will eventually be joined by the London Yorkshire motorway.
MOTORWAY "DANGER" THE motorway programme--" a danger I spreading across the landscape "— must be tackled in a serious way or there will be chaos, according to Mr. Norman Fowler, vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Speaking at Hull, last week, he warned that motorways were "being planned irrespective of town and country, ploughing their way through to provide a broad highway for all and sundry to drive on." The effect would be serious on towns and cities, he warned.
ALBION ORDERS INCREASE
"per cent. Increase in orders is reported by Albion -Motors, Ltd., for the first 15 weeks of this year as compared with the corresponding period of 1958. Contracts from overseas markets are resptinsiblefor a 32 per, cent. increase, whilst home .demands have gone up by 125 per cent.