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TWO new express services, the first
of their kind to be sanctioned in the South Wales Traffic Area, will be operated as from June 12 from Pernbrey to Crewe and Birmingham for the benefit of soldiers and airmen stationed at Pembrcy and Sennyhridge. The route to Crewe is via Leominster, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Nantwich, with picking-up and setting-down points at the three last-mentioned towns. The service to Birmingham will pass through Leominster and Kidderminster, with a picking-up and setting-down point at Kidderminster.
The new facilities will save the men much time, particularly on the return journeys. Many will have up to 12 hours more at home.
GOVERNMENT HOPE TO IMPROVE LONDON ROADS WHEN London's traffic congestion VY problem was discussed in the House of Commons, last week, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Mr. J. Gurney Braithwaite, said that it was the Government's hope that the economic situation would allow important road improvements to be carried out in the not too distant future.
He mentioned improvements that had been effected—no-waiting restrictions, unilateral parking, greater use of traffic signals, and the building of roundabouts at Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge--and said that although traffic in 1952 was 15.6 per cent, greater in volume than in 1949, its speed had not declined.
Mr. Eric Fletcher stated that there had been no major road improvements in inner London since 1905, and that the cost of delays was impossible to calculate.
QUEBEC BOARD IMPOSE CONTROL
A GENERAL order governing road 1-1 transport in Quebec Province has been issued by the Quebec Transport Board. All requests for operating permits must be made on special forms prepared by the Board and permits will be issued annually. These will he valid only if the holders register their vehicles with the Board.
Special permits are required for the carriage of milk, cream, explosives or dangerous loads. A permit for a local service may not he transferred to a holder not having premises in the district in which the service originates. All permit-holders must deposit their rates schedules with the Board.
EXPORT JUMP I N April. nearly 47 per cent, of com mercial vehicles produced in this country were allocated for export, compared with 39 per cent. in January. Almost 17,000 goods and passenger vehicles were sent overseas last month.