Hauliers Lured Away by Road Project
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-‘1VORK.on widening the Great North Road between Boroughbridge and Scotch Corner has created a shortage of tippers over a wide area because 'mullets are forsaking their usual customers in favour of regular haulage for the Ministry of Transport. Mr. J. H. A. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, was told this at Leeds, last week, by Mr. G. T. Davidson, Rainton, near Thirsk, who was seeking a new three-vehicle B licence for sand, gravel, • building plant and road materials within 70 miles.
He explained that builders were continually asking him to do work for them with his C-licence vehicles because the usual hauliers were no longer available.
For British Railways, Mr. T. B. Atkinson said he sympathized with the application, but thought a 40-mile radius would suffice.
Mr. Randolph said he realized there was a shortage of tippers caused by the road project, but he was dubious about the need for three vehicles. However, he would grant them for a radius of 40 miles.
MINISTRY TELL OF PLANS FOR NEW BRIDGES CONSTRUCTIONAL work on the new Severn Bridge is to begin about two years after the Forth Bridge reaches an advanced stage, the Ministry of Trans port have announced. Meanwhile, preparatory work on the Severn Bridge will continue. This suspension bridge, when completed, will be the fifth largest Tan bridge in the world, linking Aust and Beachley.
Both bridges are to be financed by tolls. In addition to the main bridge over the Severn, the River Wye is also to be bridged, and there will be several miles of viaduct and approach roads linking the two new bridges to the existing trunk roads.