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MARTIN BARNES Project manager Logistical Support Services Bristol Barnes' verdict on rest facilities for truck drivers is damning.
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"They're almost non-existent," he says. "If you aren't in a motorway service area by about 4pm they're almost always full. There's almost no real provision for rest areas in this country -unlike abroad.
"One of the easiest ways to address the problem would be for planning legislation to stipulate that any new industrial estates being built should include designated parking areas. That would take many of these guys out of the lay-bys."
Barnes estimates that the lack of truckstops means his drivers end up squashed into lay-bys about 75% of the time. Between Dover and the M25, he reports, it's first-come first-served for parking spaces.
"A lot of ports used to have an area where you could park up and leave next morning," he points out. "That space has all been developed now. So every single lay-by and patch of grass between Dover and the motorway network is full."