Committee Lays Down Three Grades for Petrol Stations
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THREE grades of petrol tilling 1. station; With minminun standards defined for each.. are recommended by the 'Petrol , Stations Technical Corn mince in its report to the Minister of. Transport. This was published . on • Wednesday • by the Stationer'y Nike s (35, 6d.).
• A he report. recommends that all . Grade 1 stations ,,hould have as minimum. require.ments..four power-Operated pumps with a' total. of,"6.000 gallons storage -capacity, stocks of oil, water.
• supply, drivee-way...and-: forecourt with " hard surface, provision.. for reftielling under cover, frontage of 150 ft., Air
• compressor . for lyre irillatian, accommodation, and a 12-hour adequate service seven days a week. It was
• also -thought advisable for' stich station to have stocks of plugs, fuses and bulbs.
Grade 2 Stations
-Thee minimum requirements for. Grade 2 station should be two poweroperated pumps (3,000 gallons storage), stocks. of .oil, water supply, drive-way and, forecourt with hard surface, toilet aceommodation " and adequate service during six days aweek.. installation Of an air con-pressor and stocks of plugs, 'fuses and bulbs iS recommended.
For a Grade 3 station the committee recommends that minimum requirements should be one pump (1,500 gallons, stocks of oil, water supply, and adequate service during normal business hours. ; • On. motorways, trunk roads and Class 1 roads in rural-: areas, all stew • stations should be Grade I. On all other roads, including unelassIfied roads, new stations shotild comply with G64.1c requirements, eNeept.iii ternote • areas. where, Grade 3 stations might be permitted. : ln urban area, new stations on
• important'' trunk roads should be Grade 1; and on all other roads the standard should be Grade 2 or Grade 3. itt'rural areas, existing stations, -says
• the report: should zeneraity be brought
U. to the ,appropriate standard by a . specified date. In urban areas, stations On iMportant ..trunle. roads -should' be
• brought up to 'Gradc 2 standard. Pic:vision is made for the inspection, of stations.
At Least 20 Miles Apart
• On individual carriageways on motorways; stations sit-6MA be not _less than
20 miles apart. • Many facts relating to existing petrol stations in Great Britain are given in the report. TWo surveys were carried "out during I947. The first, dealing with rural areas and a representative selection of trunk, Class 1 and Class 2 roads Erigland,i. Scotland'. and Wales, covered, a total of: 558 miles of trunk road with 335 stations and 1,453 pumps; 529 miles of ,Class I road (242 stations and .81.0 punipS):' • and , 420 miles of Class 2 road (101 stations and 265 pumps).
The second survey was made over a wide area to ascertain the, size and nature of petrol stations, with particu' lar:reference to' the facilities Offered. It covered 1,848 petrol stations. The 'committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Waleran, was set up by the Minister in February, 1947.