ROAD DAMAGE BY BUSES
OVERSEAS PROBLEMS DESCRIBED N.Z. MAYOR’S IMPRESSIONS (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. October 22. Damage to roads by big buses was a problem in many parts of the world, said the Mayor of One Hill (Mr B. P. S. Stevenson) after his return to Auckland today from a visit to Europe and America. It was a common sight to see roads being torn up at the regular bus stops so that they could be reinforced to prevent damage from the buses, he said. The cost was met by increasing the licence fee tor heavy vehicles. The authorities in America were endeavouring to obtain a higher allocation of petrol tax to enable them to build stronger roads to offset the heavy buses.
“The general opinion overseas is that the vehicles have reached their maximum in size and the loads they carry,” Mr Stevenson said. “There does not appear to be any move in the United States to reduce the size of the vehicles, but there is strict enforcement of the load limits.
“English roads are also suffering from the big vehicles, and although there is no move to reduce the size of them, there is a strong opinion that they must not be allowed to become larger*” Mr Stevenson said. ,
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26869, 23 October 1952, Page 8
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