Strathclyde opens up to road haulage
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• Opportunities for operators in sewage distribution have been given the green light by Strathclyde regional council now reassessing transport needs.
Over the next six months consultants will be looking at how best to transport the 2.5 million tonnes of sewage sludge produced annually by the region. Road haulage looks a strong contender for a large proportion of the work.
The review is part of a new strategy for sewage disposal as UK and and EC regulations outlaw the dumping of sewage at sea by 1998.
Once the council decides where to build six new sites for reducing the sludge in volume via a biological process, tonnages in and out of the plants will be assessed.
Currently 1.7m tonnes of sludge is transported by road and pipeline from more than 100 sewage treatment works to the Clyde where it is loaded into a ship for dumping in the estuary. The council uses an in-house tanker fleet of 25 vehicles and Galston-based haulier G&D Cunningham.