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Tories Seek a Comprehensive National Transport Policy
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
ACOMPREHENSIVE national transport policy, the raising of some speed limits, and the abolition of fuel tax for p.s.v.s and commercial vehicles are among the topics down for discussion at the Tory Party's annual conference in Brighton next week.
The call for a transport policy comes from Swindon in a resolution stressing that the economy of the country depends to a great extent on an efficient transport system.
It asks for an even higher priority for improvements in this field, with new capital expenditure directed where it is needed most to ensure the fullest and most efficient use of all the existing means of transport. In the same line of country Bristol North East wants the Government to ensure that the maximum economic use is made of inland waterways to release pressure on "the inadequate trunk roads system."
Sixteen motions dealing specifically with road transport have been submitted, many of them urging a speed-up of highway construction. From Westmorland comes the suggestion that there should be more stringent control over the movement of excessively wide, long and slow moving loads because of the inconvenience and danger they bring to road travel.
Delegates from Torrington are expected to recall the findings of the Jack Committee if they have a chance to speak on their motion which draws attention to the cancellation of many rural bus services. In many cases, says their motion, school buses are not used to capacity, and they suggest that consideration should be given to allowing the general public to use these vehicles when seats are available.
Montgomery hopes to win conference support, for two proposals—that side windows should be fitted in vans without the imposition of purchase tax, and that the speed limit for small commercial vehicles should be raised from 30 to 45 miles an hour.
"Acute disappointment" that the Chancellor did not reduce the tax on fuel used by public and commercial vehicles is expressed in a resolution from Southport which urges the Government to give immediate attention to the abolition of this tax.