Better. Roads "No Cure" for Congestion
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SMEET widening, and facilities for 1.--)the movement of traffic in London attracted more traffic which, at present. was kept out by the deterrent of slow movement, said Lord Silkin in the !Louse of Lords last week. The House was discussing the Development Plan for London.
Lord Silkin did not believe that congestion could be cured by facilitating the movement of traffic. "We have to plan London so that it becomes less necessary for traffic to move about at all," he said. Neighbourhoods shook] be built so that people could live, wyrk and shop within a self-contained locality.
He advocated the removal of Covent Garden market because the cost of the traffic congestion it caused was "enormous."
TRIPLEX WORKS TO BE DOUBLED
THE St. Helens works of Triplex (Northern), Ltd., which at present cover 66,000 sq. ft., are to be doubled in size to meet growing demands. A new furnace for producing wrap-round types of windscreen is being installed. Many special shapes of glass have to he ptovided for bodybuilders and these may be cut to correct size on accurate machines.
Curved glass requires more storage space than flat, and more stacking accommodation is to be provided. Special steel pallets are to be used for handling.
SCARBOROUGH PLANS STATION
A COACH passenger reception station fat the eastern end of Valley Road, which could deal with 100 .vehicles an hour, has been approved in principle by Scarborough Town Council. Some 300,000 people travel by coach to Scarborough every year, and it is claimed that the plan would obviate complaints about passengers having to walk from the Weaponness coach park.
SHEFFIELD FIRM FINED
FINES totalling £42 were imposed upon Messrs. Bradshaw and Bly, Edmund Road, Sheffield, and five drivers paid £15 in fines, for failure to keep proper records and breaches of licence conditions. B was stated that raw steel had been carried in unauthorized vehicles, although the firm had six correctly licensed lorries.
An advocate's fee of £10 10s. was ids° imposed on the firm OIL-TEST APPARATUS
A DEVICE which indicates whether 1-1 crankcase oil needs chancing has been produced in Hungary. A spot of oil is put on a slip of paper and placed in the apparatus, known as a Kromatograph. The tar content is shown. The device costs about £30, and is said to do away with the need for changing oil on a mileage basis.