Views on Roads to be Considered
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EPRESENTATIONS by Regional IA Boards for Industry and various lational associations about road conlitions will be given full weight when anns to be spent on highways and the )rder in which works are to be underaken come to be determined. The viinister of Transport gave this assurince, last week, when he presided over meeting of the National Production kdvisory Council.
The meeting took the view that the .oad problem had become so urgent hat preparations for rapid action hould be made. The matler was eferred to the council's emergency tommittee.
FIERCER COMPETITION TO COME
'—'0MPETITION that had been
experienced in what were called he "bad old days" was child's play ompared with what was likely to ome, said Mr. C. R. Lovett at the nnual dinner of the Macclesfield and )istrict Transport and Trading Co., ,td., last week.
Denationalization, he said, presented auliers with a great opportunity. The roup required vehicles from British road Services. Men who had deserted tdependent haulage for nationatizaon were now "scuttling back."
Mr. E. S. Swann stated that if ever ationalization were to return, he oped it would be as a competitor of ree enterprise, and not a monopoly. lauliers had to win back traffic from C-licensee by economic service.
Mr. F. Bannister hoped that free auliers would not lose the personal yuch that they had been able to extend ) their customers.
NEW FARE AGREEMENT rHE joint operation agreement between Stockton on -Tees and liddlesbrough transport undertakings nds next March. Stockton Corporaon are recommending the signing of new agreement providing for the ivision of fares on an area basis.