Canterbury fears BRS night's tale of traffic
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BECAUSE Canterbury City Council had failed to send a copy of its objection to plans to BRS Southern to move into the Roadline UK depot in Roper Road, Canterbury, to the company, South Eastern Licensing Authority Randall Thornton refused to hear the council's case at a Canterbury public inquiry.
BRS had applied to base 30 vehicles and seven trailers at Roper Road and in addition to the city council's objection, there were representations against the application from 20 local residents.
Ruling that he could not hear the council's objection, Mr Thorton said the Transport Tribunal had made it clear that the regulations on the making of objections or representations on environmental grounds must be complied within strictly.
For BRS, it was said the company wished to transfer from its existing Tudor Road premises.
Roadline currently held a licence for 31 vehicles and 14 trailers at the Roper Road premises and BRS's take-over of the depot would reduce the intensity of operation from the premises, leaving residents better off.
Operation would be on a
six-day-a-week basis. '[here would be a 24-hour maintenance programme.
It was admitted that other operators vehicles would be maintained at Roper Road as well as the company's own.
The residents said that they were concerned about the 24hour maintenance and they were horrified to learn that it would apply to vehicles from other firms in addition to BRS vehicles.
They disagreed that they would be better off and claimed that BRS's plans would increase traffic problems in an already over-burdened area and escalate the existing problems of noise, dirt and nuisance.
Mr Thornton reserved his decision.