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AN IMPORTANT SOUTH WALES INQUIRY.

29th May 1928, Page 59
29th May 1928
Page 59
Page 59, 29th May 1928 — AN IMPORTANT SOUTH WALES INQUIRY.
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Keywords : Cardiff, Glamorgan, Radyr

AN investigation by the Ministry of Transport into appeals made by the Cardiff City Council for sanction to extend its extra-boundary bus services, despite the refusal of licences by the local authorities concerned, was' conducted by Mr. K. MeMorran, at Cardiff, on May 23rd.

The Cardiff Rural District Council, represented by Mr. M. Warren, clerk, and Mr. John Phillips, .1.r., opposed the application of the city council to be allowed to run services on the route Cardiff Morganstown-Pentyreh-Penygarn, and the Automobile Association, represented by Mr. C. B. Kenny, also opposed this application.

Mr. Cecil Brown, town clerk, appeared for the Cardiff City Council.

Mr. R. L. Horsfiebi, manager of the City council's tramway and bug undertaking, said the service on this route was necessary to provide complete public travelling facilities. The council had been petitioned by residents on the route in question to inaugurate such a service and this warranted the council's action in again making an appeal to the Ministry in the matter, even considering the failure of similar appeals made in respect of this route in 1926 and 1927.

He was not aware that the road beyond Morganstown was only 18 ft. wide, although he said that he had understood it was narrow. Mr. M. Warren stated that opposition was due to the alleged adequacy of present private services and to the impossibility of the roads in question being able to bear additional bus traffic. He said that not one in ten of the residents on the route had signed the petition for the service

Mr, John Phillips, chairman of the rural district council's finance committee, said that existing facilities were adequate. He went on to say that the buses DOW on the route were only half filled during certain hours of the day.

Mr. -Kenny, for the A. A., said that the roads were totally unsuited to this proposed additional service and the safety of traffic would be endangered if it were allowed to come into existence.

The South Wales Commercial Motors, Ltd., Cardiff, having withdrawn cpposition to the city council's request for sanction to run buses to Barry, via Sycamore Cross, there was no opposition offered in respect to this proposal.

In the matter of application for sanction to operate buses from Cardiff to CapeI Gwilym, via Thornhill; the Glamorgan County Council, represented by Mr. W. Allen, opposed the city council's project.

The Ministry of Transport's decision concerning these appeals will be made known in due course.


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