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._.ANS by a Lancashire Wier Thomas I farwood and
■ ias to take over the depot of Aton Transport and Tradg Company have sparked avy opposition from two cal authorities, the police .d local residents.
The firm had applied for an .ditional operating centre on licence which authorised vehicles and eight trailers the rear of Tonge Moor lad, Bolton.
Any grant was conditional ion Bolton Transport and rading Company deleting ne vehicles and 18 trailers om its licence for 10 :hides and 20 trailers at the me premises.
The application was opsea by Greater Manchester ouncil, Bolton Borough ouncil and the Greater ManLester police. There were re.esentations from 16 local sidents.
In addition to the Harwood iplication, North Western icensing Authority Roy Hutchings was considering the revocation of the Bolton Transport and Trading licence.
Hutchings revoked that licence at the beginning of the proceedings and said he had information that the company had gone into liquidation. It was not represented before him.
For Harwood, John Backhouse said that an identical application had been refused in August 1985 because there was insufficient parking space for the total number of vehicles authorised to both Harwood and Bolton Transport.
Inspector lddon of the Greater Manchester police traffic management department said the site was unsuitable because it was close to houses and the main road; its use would result in a general deterioration in road safety.
Heavy vehicles would have to cross the centre of the carriageway when entering Tonge Moor Road. It has a peak-hour traffic flow of 4,000 vehicles in each direction and 1,3 00 to 1,400 vehicles per hour off peak.
Jane McKinlay, a county council engineer, said the access was along Ashwell Street, a sub-standard and unadopted road.
The surfacing of the site itself is poor and could result in mud, stones and gravel being deposited on Tonge Moor Road to the danger of other road users.
The width of the access road is narrower than the solute minimum for heavy goods vehicles specified by the county council.
The severely restricted visability for vehicles entering and leaving the site would create danger for pedestrians. Bolton Transport had operated no more than two vehicles from the site over the past five years. Consequently a grant would result in a material change.