L.R.F. Delegates Meet in Mexico
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DELEGATES and observers from 60 countries will attend the third world meeting. of the International Road Federation in Mexico City next week. The three working days of the conference will be devoted to papers and discussions on the economic and social aspects of roads and road transport. the financing of road schemes and the technical training of road engineers.
The individual national road federations which constitute, the I,R.F, draw their support from private enterprise
trade and industry. .
The British delegation to Ule meeting will be led by Mr. Christopher T. Brunner, vice-chairman of the British Road Federation and Taylor Woodrow (Overseas), Ltd_ He be accompanied by Mr, A. R. de Beer (B-R.F.), Mr. C. B. Nixon, a past president of the S.M,M.T., and Dr. I. Kolhuszewski; of Birmingham University,
BANS WOULD MT LONG-DISTANCE OPERATORS
RESTRICTIONS on loading and
. unloading of vans in the streets would most seriously affect those traders who sent their vehicles all over the country. If vans arrived at destinations and were unable to unload for about a couple of hours, the effect would be opposite to that desired and the roads would be cluttered with waiting vehicles.
This was stated by Mr. K. C. Turner, chairman of the East Midlands Division of the Traders Road Transport Association, when he addressed the Leicestershire area last week.
ROADS OVER RAILWAYS IDEA SUPPORTED
THE idea of building roads on stilts above railways should, be investigated further, Mr. Basil Rogers, secretary of the Roads Campaign Council, said in Birmingham last week. He suggested that this system could be applied to take the London-Birmingham Motorway right into the heart of the capital. It would save much valuable property and also cut out lengthy negotiations with property owners.
"There is an urgent need for new ideas to tackle the road problems in our cities," he added.