Ross weigh for Read
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• Plans to open the Ross-onWye weighbridge to the public 24 hours a day are being considered by the Department of Transport, following a meeting with West Country haulier and ERF dealer Richard Read.
Read has been campaigning for improvements to the truck weights law since his company was acquitted of overloading charges last year. On that occasion Read was awarded costs when it was revealed that there was no suitable alternative weighbridge within travelling distance.
Read has written to Transport Minister Robert Atkins and local MP Paul Marland de manding the introduction of consignor liability, the acceptance of a defence that the truck was proceeding to the nearest suitable weighbridge, and the production of a national list of approved weighbridges.
Last week he met with Robert May, clerk of the West Midland Traffic Area, who said the DTp will review the proposal for 24-hour operations at the Ross-on-Wye weighbridge.
May also showed interest in the proposal for a Department of Transport-approved national list of weighbridges capable of taking 38-tonne trucks, which could be published in full in Commercial Motor.