"Drivers Ignorant About Inflammable Loads"
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T00 many lorries are travelling through the North. Riding carrying loads of inflammable chemicals and liquids, without there being any indication of their nature. This is stated by the North Riding County Fire Brigade Committee, who point out that drivers involved in fires. or accidents often do not know what loads they are carrying.
The committee quote a case where a driver and mate tried to extinguish a fire on their vehicle with some white powder, which was later discovered to be an inflammable chemical.
The Association of Chief Fire Officers are to be urged to consider the matter.
• STATE GRANT FOR STRAND WORKS
A GRANT of 1200,000 has been made by the Minister of Transport to London County Council towards the cost of widening the Strand on the southern side between George Street and Northumberland Street.
A 60-ft.-wide carriageway will be provided on the section of the Strand northeast of Duncannon Street, and a 45-ft.wide carriageway on the remaining length of one-way street leading to Trafalgar Square; also the northern end of Villiers Street will he widened.
£3.2m. ROAD FOR MANCHESTER
WORK will probably begin in 1960 on building a /3,225,000 link road in Manchester to alleviate congestion in the centre of the city. Part of the cost will be met by the Ministry of Transport.
When complete, the road will link Manchester with the dock area. It will be intersected by certain radial routes, but there will be no access to it from secondary streets. This will be a novel feature for this type of thoroughfare, which is not a motorway.
NEW BRIDGE FOR SHEPPEY
ANEW lifting bridge to improve road and rail communications between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kent mainland is to be built by Kent County Council. Work is to start this month. Including approach roads, it is estimated to cost about £1.1m. It will he built alongside the existing one over the River Swale at Kingsferry.
ROAD PROJECTS BEGIN THE last of three improvement schemes, which will form a by-pass for East Retford (Notts), on the Great North Road, is to be started shortly. Another project on the road has begun at Sandy (Beds), where 3# miles of carriageway are being modernized.
TO KEEP PUBLIC INFORMED
LOCAL councils are to be told in advance when the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., are making applications to the Traffic Commissioners. This follows complaints from passengers that they were often unaware of proposed changes until they came into effect.