Road Research Station, Harmondsworth

Abstract

IN accordance with a recommendation of the Select Committee on Estimates of the House of Commons in its Second Report for 1932, arrangements have been made for the Road Research Station at Har mondsworth to be transferred from the Ministry of Transport to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as from April 1 last. The Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has decided to appoint a Road Research Board to advise generally on the conduct of road research undertaken by the Department, and with the concurrence of the Ministry of Transport, has appointed Major F. C. Cook, deputy chief engineer, Roads Department, Ministry of Transport, to be the first chairman of the Board. The following gentlemen have accepted invitations to serve on the Board:—Prof. R. G. H. Clements, Mr. T. Pierson Frank, Mr. W. J. Hadfield, Mr. W. P. Robinson, Prof. C. G. Cullis, Mr. E. V. Evans, Prof. E. H. Lamb, Prof. C. H. Lees, Lieut.-Col. Mervyn O'Gorman, and Dr. T. Franklin Sibly. The immediate direction and control of road research undertaken by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research will be in the hands of Dr. R. E. Stradling, director of building research under the Department. Road tests throughout Great Britain under normal traffic conditions will continue, as heretofore, to be carried out by the Ministry of Transport in conjunction with the responsible highway authorities. In connexion with these tests, as well as the research work at the laboratory, and the issue of reports thereon, arrange ments have been made for the closest collaboration between the Ministry of Transport and the Depart ment of Scientific and Industrial Research.