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County Councils Against Wider Lorries: £339m. Road Scheme

4th February 1955
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

T would be "severely prejudicial" to the interests of road safety if the taximum width of goods vehicles of ver 4 tons unladen were to be screased to 8 ft., the County Councils' ,ssociation have told the Minister of ransport.

The Association agree that exporters E vehicles should be assisted, but queson whether the "further dangers" kely to arise on the roads have been ,ken into account.

Recalling their apprehension over the Icrease in width for public-service :hides, the C.C.A. point out that such :hides are subject to a certain measure control, whereas goods vehicles are cc.

Limitof 8 ft.

The maximum °vela!' width of load id vehicle should, they say, be 8 ft., id not 9 ft. 6 in., as suggested.

No specific dimension is proposed by e Association for maximum vehicle ngth, but they hope that the Minister ill satisfy himself that any increase ill not add to traffic difficulties in silt-up areas.

Higher maximum weights, add the isociation, would aggravate the probn of road maintenance and place cater stresses on bridges. It is hinted at "very considerable provision for rks of road construction and tprovement " would remove the isociation's objections.

A 20-year plan for the expenditure of er £339m. on new construction and sjor improvements to classified roads to be presented to the Minister by Association. It calls for the spend; of nearly £65m. during the next five ars. The tendency for more and avier goods to he carried by road her than rail was borne in mind in preparation of the plan.

The highways committee of the D.A. are considering protests against growing tendency on the part of neral operators to transport ironstone road. Northants County Council ve reported that in some areas heavy ries ladear with ironstone are running Ty few minutes along Class III and :lassified roads neither designed nor It for such traffic.

Cost Difficult to Recover Tildes the Road Traffic Act, 1930, litional expense to roads because of nage caused by excessive traffic may recovered from the person respons but, say the council, the provisions the Act are difficult to enforce and practice are not satisfactory.

t is Suggested that the Association uld consider the need for effective slation.

Vhen general legislation is introed to cover problems of roadside ling, say the Association, the meanof " structure " in Section 56 of the Act should be held to cover des. Section 56 states that where any structure is erected on a highway without an enactment, the highway authority may tell the owner to remove it. " Structure" is defined as any machine, pump, post or other object capable of causing obstruction, ILLEGAL WORK ADMITTED IN APPEAL

AFTER illegal working had been admitted on behalf of an appellant before the Transport Tribunal in London on Tuesday, Mr. Hubert Hull, president, said: "If you are asking for a wider licence, it is quite hopeless to have to admit that you have not kept within the terms of your smaller one."

Mr. S. C. Stuart,‘ West Green, Crawley, Sussex, was appealing against the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority's refusal to vary a B licence to permit the carriage of general goods within 15 miles of Crawley and to and from London. The existing licence for a vehicle of 2 tons 2 cwt. covered transport to London for a Crawley printer, and general goods within a I5-mile radius of Crawley.

Mrs. Emily Stuart, who represented her husband, was asked by Mr. 1011 whether it was true that on some occasions her husband had made illegal journeys outside his area. Mrs. Stuart replied that he had gone to Sevenoaks

and Slough. • A

Mr. Hull said that the Tribunal could not rehear the case, and that it was for Mr. Stuart to make a fresh application to the Licensing Authority. Mr. Stuart should then fully explain the amount of illegal work that he had done, and bring proof of need for the additional services that he desired to provide.

COMMER RUN ON PROPANE

AN interesting exhibit on the Tenhoeve stand at the Amsterdam Show, which _opened yesterday, is a 7-ton Comrner converted to use liquefied petroleum gas. This appears to be propane with a.proportion of butane. It is understood that Holland is setting up at least 20 fuel stations at which this compressed fuel will be sold.

Tenhoeve arc Commer distributors at The Hague and the conversion was done by them. Claims are made that the liquid gas can be sold at much less than the basic cost of petrol.

Details and illustrations of the equipment were published in The Commercial Motor on January 22, 1954.

SALE TO COMPANY?

MEGOTIATIONS are in progress 1 between Leeds Corporation and the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., for the taking over by the company of the corporation's Leeds-Guiseley bus service, which goes beyond the city boundary and has been running at a loss for some time.


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