1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184 
TRL to study impact of longer vehicles
Page 8
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE TRANSPORT Research Laboratory (TR L) has confirmed it has been asked by the government to carry out a desk-based study into the impact of longer and heavier vehicles.
If the results of the six-month study into the use of vehicles such as Dick Denby's 25.25m Eco-link are positive,then a UK road-based trial could be next on the cards.
TRL and Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh successfully bid for the project to investigate the economic and logistical impact of different types of longer and heavier vehicle. It will also seek to discover how they might be used within the supply chain. The Department forTransport expects to have a report on the findings by May or June next year.
Successful trials of similar vehicles in the Netherlands allied with a high degree of public acceptance (CM 14 September) may have given the government added impetus.
Professor Alan McKinnon of Heriot-Watt says he will attend a meeting next week with the government and TRL to thrash out how the study will be carried out. McKinnon adds: We will consult with the industry and find out what demand there is for this type of vehicle and what use they would put it to. Once you have a feel for the uptake, you can estimate how much vehicle traffic there would be and measure the economic impact."