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72.5 Per Cent. of Vehicles Faulty
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O". 131 goods vehicles inspected by traffic examiners in the West Midlands since January 1, 72.5 per cent. were defective. All the vehicles were checked because they looked as though they might be defective, but the number needing repair was, nevertheless, alarmingly high, said an official of the West Midland Licensing Authority, on Monday.
Small operators were chiefly at fault because they often relied on only one vehicle. "But some of the bigger firms could also be more maintenance conscious," the official added.
Frequent causes of neglect were ignorance of maintenance and attempts to get too much out of one vehicle. Steering and braking faults were the most common.
016m. FOR ROADS IN 1952-53
XPENDITURE on roads and bridges during 1952-53 was about £86m., some f5m more than in the previous year. Nearly £32m, was borne by the Road Fund and the remainder by local highway authorities. Most of the money was spent on maintenance and minor improvements, but £6m. was spent on major improvements and new works.
Work was practically completed co the widening of the London-Edinburgh road for a stretch of five miles in the North Riding. Twenty-six road bridges were improved to facilitate the movement of abnormal loads, and lighting of 771, miles of trunk road was improved at a cost of about £250,000. Twenty-eight level crossings were eliminated.
A new bridge over the lichen at Northam. Southampton, is being built at a cost of nearly £500,000.
These details are published in the report on the administration of the Road Fund, 1952-53, published by the Stationery Office at 2s. 6d.
&T.C. HAULAGE COMPANY DIRECTORS
IT is understood that the directors of J. the three haulage companies—British Road Services, Ltd., B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., and B.R.S. (Contracts), Ltd.—set up by the British Transport Commission will be the full-time members of the board of management of British Road Services. They are Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell, Mr. C. Barrington, Mr. G. F. Sinclair and Mr. G. W. Quick-Smith.
The registered offices of the companies will be 222 MaryIebone Road, London. N.W.L. the headquarters of the B.T.C.
RISE FOR 7,550 B.R.S. MEN
QOME 7,550 skilled, semi-skilled and
unskilled maintenance and repair workers employed by British Road Services were awarded a pay increase of lid. an hour by the Industrial Court, whose decision was announced on Tuesday.