T.R.T.A. List Bad Midland Roads
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ANEW list of inadequate road facilities throughout the East Midlands is being prepared by the East Midland Division of the Traders Road Transport Association.
The list, together with similar surveys from other T.R.T.A. divisions throughout England, Scotland and Wales, will be discussed with the Ministry of Transport.
This was stated in the. report of the divisional committee, presented at the . annual meeting at Nottingham yesterday. The report, signed by Mr. K. C. Turner, divisional chairman, and Ald. W. G. E. Dyer, divisional secretary, recalls that most of the projects for the relief of " bottle-necks " in the East Midlands listed by the T.R.T.A. in 1953 had been brought, or were being brought, to a successful conclusion.
"The rapid increase in the volume of road transport has made it necessary for this problem to be looked at again," it is explained.
Proposals for the introduction of Traffic Regulation Orders by local authorities throughout the East Midlands had been scrutinized constantly and, in all cases where it seemed desirable, an investigation was made.
The report states: "Our major concern in this matter is the maintenance of facilities for the loading and off-loading of goods vehicles, but there are occasions when members' interests are affected by proposals which do not include bans. One such case arose in Peterborough last summer and was effectively handled by the divisional staff in collaboration with the Peterborough area committee."
The report refers to the "Kerb Space" campaign held in Nottingham, Leicester, Grimsby, Peterborough and Spalding and comments that, while it was not easy to assess the value of the work, the campaign might well have made its contribution towards preventing the problem of traffic congestion getting entirely out of hand.
A DAY LATER
BECALTSE of the Easter holiday, the next issue of The Commercial Motor will be published on Saturday, April 16, instead of Friday, April 15.