Police warn that poor roads will stop heavies
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• Warwickshire police report that the movement of abnormal loads in the UK will grind to a halt unless radical road repairs are carried out.
The abnormal loads department. says that it is a "knife-edge situation'' and unless urgent measures are taken, large parts of industry will be affected.
The Heavy Transport Association agrees that the erosion of the route network for large loads is causing hauliers major problems. In Sheffield for example, tram lines prevent the use
of some major roads. At the same time the IITA warns that rules requiring heavy hauliers to notify an increasing number of authorities about goods movement will lead to a disastrous accident.
HTA chairman Richard Dunkerley says that because counties are devolving into smaller units, in some cases hauliers have to notify up to 140 different authorities.
And the situation is getting worse, he warns: "It is a disaster waiting to happen."