Forsey Application Granted in Bristol
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OPERATORS have got to expect competition. If 50 people are
carrying for one customer, that was no reason for saying that nobody else should do so. said the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol last Tuesday, when granting an application by A. D. Forsey (Transport). Ltd., Worle, Somerset, for two additional vehicles to their present fleet of 26.
It was opposed by W. G. Golding and Sons, Ltd., on the grounds that the vehicles might be used to abstract traffic now carried by them for the Ministry of Aviation.
Mr. Leslie James, a director of Forsey's, said they also carried traffic already for the Ministry and had been doing so for a long time. Answering the L.A., Mr. S. W. Nelson, witness said the two vehicles applied for now would not be used to carry more Ministry traffic, and he would not abstract work from Golding's, but if he were asked by the Ministry to carry more traffic for them he would do so if he could. Granting the application, Mr. Nelson said if the applicant was asked to do more work for the Ministry he would be a fool to turn it down.
The Transport Act
APART from some provisions which came into force on Royal Assent and one or two which will come into force on vesting day, the main part of the Transport Act, 1962, will be brought into force on September 1; this is the effect of a Commencement Order which the Minister of Transport has now made.
The new Boards under the Act will not assume the B.T.C.'s responsibilities until vesting day—probably January 1, 1963.
Copies of the Transport Act and of the Commencement Order No. 1 (Transport Act, 1962) can now be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office or through any bookseller, price 10s. and 3d. net respectively.
LORRY ROUTE PROTESTS
THE Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club revealed this week that they had formally objected to the Ministry of Transport. about the projected North London lorry route through Highgate Village; their objections are based mainly on the unsuitability of the route for heavy traffic and .the potential inconvenience to motorists.