Tough tipping led to neglect
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IlLi_ • Three pro hibition notices endorsed "neglect" have led to the nine-vehicle licence held by Swansea-based Greatone only being renewed for two years by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh.
The LA was told that three out of five vehicles examined during a fleet check in December received prohibitions.
Managing director Robert Stein blamed the nature of the work — tipping on local sites — for the company's maintenance problems. He pointed out that the vehicles had been inspected as they came in off the road; most of them still with loads on. .
For the company, Cyril Garbert said it had since moved to a new operating centre with better maintenance facilities. An inspection pit would be installed within the next six weeks. The previous site, an open yard, was frequently the subject of vandalism and theft. On one occasion, a lorry had been stolen.
Granting renewal, Mervyn Pugh said he accepted that the majority of the defects listed on the prohibitions were trivial, and had arisen due to the nature of the terrain over which the Welsh company's vehicles had been working.