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WHEN Bath City Council suddenly objected to buses running on their Wansdyke and Foxhill estates because the roads were not strong enough, it came as a bombshell to Bath Electric Tramways, Ltd., the Western Traffic Commissioners' were told last week. Mr. T. D. Corpe, for the company, claimed that a council committee had agreed to the proposals in the first place, and the company now sought a licence.
The council's representative submitted that reversing buses on the• estates would cause undue wear on roads which had not been constructed for such traffic. He asked that the application should be adjourned until the city surveyor, who was ill, could be called to give supporting evidence.
Granting the company's application, 'Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman, said the Commissioners had no intention of adjourning the case and making the residents of the estates wait any longer for transport. It was only right to expect that bus services, like electricity, gas and water, should be provided.
"When a housing estate is to be constructed, we would strongly urge upon the authorities the desirability of making out plans of where it would be reasonable to expect a bus to operate," he said. "The bus operators should be consulted at an early stage to decide where services should go."
BIGGER BUSES WANTED INSTEAD of buying 80 27-ft.-long buses, Leeds Transport Department, as part of their tram-conversion programme, now _ wish to acquire 71 maximum-dimension vehicles. These would provide the same amount of seating but require fewer staff.