20. Captain TERRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether, in view of the anticipated increased use of the roads this year by motor transport, he will arrange for a comprehensive investigation of the effect of wear and tear on the service with the ultimate object of reconsidering the whole question of financial upkeep?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Mr. Neal)The effect of various types of road vehicles on road surfaces receives the constant attention of the officers of the Roads Department, and many of the recommendations in the recently issued Report of the Departmental Committee on the Regulation of Road Vehicles bear directly upon the question. I may add that the cost of road maintenance and improvement has for some time been receiving serious consideration in the Department, and Committees of County Surveyors and 716 County Borough Engineers have been formed in each division of the country, for an examination, in consultation with the Divisional Road Engineer of the Ministry of Transport, of all questions bearing on economy in highway construction and maintenance.