1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196 
Motorway Extensions Vital to Progress
Page 77
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ATREMENDOUS amount of the country's money could be saved by the proper employment of motorways, especially if adequate spur roads were constructed, said Sir Donald Stokes at last week's dinner of the Institute of Transport North Western Section, at Manchester.
To talk about motorways as if they were solely provided for the private motorist was a tragedy. In the North West a link from M6 to Manchester Airport was urgently required, as was the building of the trans-Pennine motorway from Liverpool to Hull, said Sir Donald. Exports needed to be shipped quickly; the amount of time and money that was being lost by waiting at the docks for labour and handling facilities was intolerable.
Sir Donald felt that industrial mobility was a matter over which the country was getting into blinkers In order to meet the fluctuating fortunes of different industries such mobility was essential and to this end facilities were needed for men readily to travel 15-20 miles between home and work. In Lancashire they probably had better transport co-ordination than in any other part of the country and this had all been by the operators themselves, one good transport manager being worth more in this than a covey of committees.
Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell, who deputized for Mr. A. R. Dunbar, the Institute president, pinpointed the desirability of planning residential areas so that people could be sure of good facilities for their daily travelling. He said that he had urged past Ministers of Transport to build roads that would assist the commercial vehicle.
Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell presented to Mr. A. F. Neal, formerly general manager of Manchester Corporation Passenger Transport, the Institute's Road Transport (Passenger) Medal for his paper "Road Passenger Transport in Conurbations".