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Cleansing Officer Criticizes Town Planners

9th April 1954, Page 57
9th April 1954
Page 57
Page 57, 9th April 1954 — Cleansing Officer Criticizes Town Planners
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NAODERN estate layouts with large nfl expanses of amenity space mean that long walks between houses and vehicles have to be made by the crews of refuse collectors, who may even have to climb steep inclines or flights of steps. In Bristol, adequate access from service roads to new houses is provided, the maximum distance of a house from the road being kept down to 15 yd.

This was stated by Mr. H. M. Ellis, Bristol Cleansing and Transport Officer, when he addressed the spring meeting of the Institute of Public Cleansing in Bristol last Friday. His theme was that civil engineers and architects should consult cleansing departments so that problems involved in refuse collection would not be overlooked, This had been done in Bristol before large blocks of flats had been built. It was found in the draft layout that the roads would not permit the use of large refuse collectors, and containers would have had to he taken on a trolley up an incline. The design was radically altered and a road system was laid down to allow for manceuvring the largest type of vehicle likely to be used.

To cut the cost of road construction, endeavours were made to allow two or more different chutes to be emptied without having to move the collecting vehicle.

Mr. Ellis criticized the recommendations of the Ministry of Housing, in their housing manuals, for the shape of culs-de-sac. The Ministry suggested that in plan view a cul-de-sac should. resemble an L or a T. Whilst possibly permitting the turning of a vehicle, said Mr. Ellis, such shapes prohibited the operation of a sweeper. In Bristol, the heads of cult-dc-sac were circular, with a minimum diameter of 40 ft.

Kerbs to be laid down in future would be chamfered to prevent the cutting of sweeper bristles.

If there were to be extensive lengthsof road only 8 ft. wide 'on housing estates, there would be many delays to delivery and other vehicles unless. lay-bys were provided. It had been agreed in Bristol that lay-bys should be 8 ft. wide and not adjacent to lighting standards and other pavement structures, said Mr, Ellis.


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