Chaos whit Severn
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CHAOS reigned at the Severn Bridge over the Easter weekend as hundreds of heavy vehicles found the bridge closed to lorries for 12 hours a day over the four-day holiday.
It was thought that more than 800 vehicles would have been diverted over an 80-mile route away from the bridge and through the town of Chepstow which has two bridges with weight limits of 10 and 20 tons.
Extra costs in the region of £250,000 were estimated for the 80-mile diversion needed by the closure.
As news of the ban broke the Road Haulage Association asked for police help to control commercial vehicles in the area. The association condemned Department of Transport moves to ban goods vehicles over 30cwt but at the same time allowing buses and coaches up to 14 tons to cross the bridge.