"CHAOS" AT HALIFAX TERMINUS nONGESTION at Halifax bus stands
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in Albion Street, from which an average of 26 buses an hour depart, was described as chaotic, at a Ministry of Transport inquiry on June 9.
The inquiry, conducted by Cot. W. S. Richmond, concerned proposals by Halifax Corporation to transfer the stands of Hebble Motor Services, Ltd., and the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., from Albion Street, Carrier Street and Westgate, to Horton Street and Union Street.
The managing director of a concern of structural engineers in Horton Street objected on the ground, that the establishment of bus stands so near to the entrance of his works would seriously hamper the movement of his own and other heavy vehicles using the entrance, and cause a great deal of congestion.
This suggestion was denied by the deputy town clerk of Halifax (Mr. T. E. Brown), who said that, in any event, the scheme was intended only as a tem
porary expedient. The corporation's ultimate intention was to construct bus stations at the northern and southeastern ends of the town, in association with a projected inner ring road. When these bus stations were built, the private operators' buses would be taken out of the centre of the town, and would use only the inner ring road.
Col. Richmond visited the site and will report to the Minister of Transport. A31