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Abergavenny Town Council has conferred with bus proprietors plying to and from the area anent the proposed bus station at Swan Meadow and has formally adopted an agreement on the following lines :—The council will provide and erect the station, which will comprise waiting rooms, booking offices, etc., and will rent it to the proprietors at an annual rental of £100, plus rates, for a term of ten years. All vehicles other than buses using the Swan Meadow parking ground Will pay a toll which the lessees of the station undertake to collect. One-third of the tolls will be retained, two-thirds being paid to the council.
The council's revenue from tolls is estimated to yield £200 per annum profit. The council is to make an immediate start on the station.
The bus proprietors plying in the Abertillery area are, it is stated to the council, to provide two substantial shelters for bus passengers. The Caerleon and Llanfrecfa councils are urging Newport Corporation to erect waiting rooms in their areas through which the Newport municipal buses ply. At Swansea the watch committee is being urged to expedite its proposed provision of a bus station or two stations. The Chamber of Trade is one of the agitating bodies in this respect.
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