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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
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+ IN THIS LATTER CONNECTION, I HAVE NOTICED RECENTLY THAT NO TENDERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR SOME OF OUR SITES WITH LOWER PLOT RATIOS.
+YET, ON CURRENT LETTER B PRICES, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAVE FALLEN BY SOME 30 PER CENT SINCE DECEMBER LAST, THESE SITES, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, WOULD HAVE REPRESENTED AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION TO HOLDERS OF EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS.+
HE COULD ONLY ASSUME THAT THESE HOLDERS WERE HANGING BACK IN ANTICIPATION OF BETTER THINGS TO COME, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT NOT EVERYONE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING PRIME SITES IN TOWN CENTRES.
+ IF LESS DESIRABLE SITES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NO BIDS IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO RECONSIDER OUR PRESENT METHOD OF DISPOSING OF THESE SITES BY WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE VINTAGE TENDER SYSTEM, HE SAID.
+BUT MEANWHILE MUST ADVISE EVEN THE HOLDERS OF MORE RECENTLY ISSUED ENTITLEMENTS TO APPLY FOR LAND WHEN IT IS OFFERED.+
ROAD SAFETY TO RECEIVE SPECIALIST ATTENTION
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A NEW ROAD SAFETY DIVISION IS EXPECTED TO BE SET UP IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE LATER THIS YEAR, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT, HE SAID THAT APPROVAL WAS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN SHORTLY FOR THE CREATION OF POSTS FOR THE NEW DIVISION AND IT WAS HOPED THAT THE DIVISION WOULD BE STAFFED BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
HE SAID THE PROPOSED UNIT, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF A SMALL GROUP OF SPECIALISTS HEADED BY A ROAD SAFETY EXPERT SECONDED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, WILL COMPRISE AN ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY SECTION AND AN INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIES SECTION.
+THE ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY SECTION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANALYSIS OF THE COMPUTER-BASED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS AND THE FORMULATION OF GENERAL STRATEGY IN IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY.
+ THE OTHER SECTION WILL BE CONCERNED ESSENTIALLY WITH THE MORE IMMEDIATE LOCAL ACCIDENT PROBLEMS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING REMEDIAL MEASURES.+
INITIALLY, MR STEAN ADDED, THE MAIN PREOCCUPATION OF THE ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY SECTION WOULD BE THE SETTING UP OF AN ACCIDENT STATISTICS SYSTEM, REVIEWING THE PRESENT DATA COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS AND DEVELOPING COMPUTER PROGRAMMES FOR DATA ANALYSIS.
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