More Road Schemes Put in Hand
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-To cost £5.5m., an urban motorway 1 for Newport, Mon, has been approved by the Minister of Transport. It will serve to link , traffic from London via the A48 and that from the Midlands along the Ross Spur motorway, Work is shortly to start on a mile-long section of the A49 between .Warrington and the junction with A573. This will ultimately link Warrington and the projected Birmingham-Lancaster, motorway. The Minister has made three grants to local authorities for improvement schemes. London County Council receive £157,000 for widening a stretch of main road in Wandsworth to provide a dual carriageway whereat, present only . a single carriageway exists The road concerned is that along Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill and Streatham High Road, and it is expected that work will be finished in 15 months. Durham County Council receive £101,500 towards improving the Stockton-on-Tees-Durham road, an important link between Tees-side and Tyne-side. Cambridgeshire County Council arc aided to the extent of nearly £94,000 towards diverting the Luton-Newmarket road about eight miles south of Cambridge, and to build a bridge so that traffic need not have to negotiate a level crossing
HULL DROPS MATTER' OF CHILDREN WHO SIT
SHOULD children be forced to give up their seats on buses when adults are standing? Hull Transport Committee, who were considering making this compulsory, have decided to take no further action following a report from Mr. G. H. Pulfrey, general manager. His report was compiled after the committee had considered complaints that half-fare passengers were occupying seats when adults were standing, Dlr. E. Kirkwood pointed out that the average parent did not encourage children to stand although children travelling alone usually did give up their seats. Aid. J. Henson, chairman, said that since the Matter had been discussed by the committee there. seemed to have been a change in parents' attitude.
PROGRESS ON B.R.S. BASE
THE new haulage depot being built for British Road Services on a 16,acre site at Team Valley, Gateshead, is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.
About 300 vehicles will operate from the depot and there will be a staff of about 500.
H.P. RESTRICTIONS END ALL restrictions on the hire-purchase and renting of private cars came to an end on Wednesday. Up to that date it was necessary to make an initial payment of 33+ per cent, and repay the balance over 24 months.
Commercial vehicles were freed from restriction on September 15.