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afective lorry action
10 Dundee firms whose ries were found 10 have dets at a roadside check had !fir operating licences curled at a meeting of the affic Commissioners in ndee last week.
rhomas McCabe & Co Ltd, o operate two vehicles, had licence curtailed to one hide for a period of twa eks sometime between now I the end of the month.
Fames S. Scott Metals andee) Ltd had its licence 5pended for six weeks. In s case, the Commissioners lered that the licence would ly be reissued after specific dertakings were given out future maintenance to firm's vehicles.
ift road plan
MORE ambitious road ilding policy has been forilated by Merseyside ,unty Council. It is planned it new works submitted for proval would total about rn a year, as opposed to Elm the past.
Explaining the new policy, J. Williams, Merseyside unty engineer, told Meryside Chamber, of Com..q'ce and Industry's Surface ansport Committee that the yvernment's White Paper on msport policy stated that are funds should now be ent on urban road schemes, against the inter-city routes Lilt in the past few years.
Merseyside County Council LS identified II major rategic schemes for developent.
Kpressway expands OTHER stage of a Central otiand expressway has been ened.
Strathclyde Regional Coun1 highways and transportam committee chairman John id opened the £5m second. lase of the East Kilbride exessway which by-passes gh Blantyre.
The two-mile section will .entually form part of a Inned expressway link bet..en East Kilbride, the M74 )torway, and Coatbridge.