§ Mr. Kitsonasked the Minister of Transport if he will set up a committee to consider and make recommendations to effect a consistent policy for service centres and petrol filling stations on trunk roads, in order to help avoid inconsistent planning decisions.
§ Mr. Tom FraserNo. Planning decisions are made by local planning authorities. Applications relating to petrol filling stations, referred by local planning authorities to my divisional road engineers, are considered by them in the
32Wthe salary as a percentage of 100 in consideration of the fluctuations of the cost of living in each of these several years.
§ Mr. RossThe following is the information:
light of the agreed policy set out in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government's Circular No. 25/58. I have no evidence that the results of this policy are unsatisfactory or inconsistent. Comparatively few applications have so far been received for the development of service areas. They have been considered on their individual merits.
§ Mr. Kitsonasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish a list of the signs on the A.1 which advertise service centres and which are paid for by his Department.
§ Mr. Tom FraserAs yet there are none.
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§ Mr. Kitsonasked the Minister of Transport what policy changes have been made in recent months with regard to the distance desirable between station sites on the A.1 and other major roads; whether the previous distance of 12 miles between filling stations is now to be altered; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Tom FraserNone. Planning applications for petrol filling stations on A.1 and other trunk roads are considered by my divisional road engineers in accordance with the agreed policy laid down in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government's Circular No. 25/58. The distance of 12 miles on new by-passes and other new roads recommended in that Circular has not been changed in respect of A.1.