A bridge too far for Wm G Search
26th August 1993, Page 14
26th August 1993
Page 14
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• Leeds haulier William G Search has praised its local council for reprieving the business from disaster.
The only access to the £10mturnover company's premises on the A58 at Wortley, Leeds is via a road bridge over a railway—and British Rail was about to slap a17-tonne weight restriction on the bridge when Leeds City Council stepped in and persuaded BR to postpone the move pending further consultation.
The council is now funding a BR study into non-disruptive ways of strengthening the bridge.
Search, which transports portable cabins stored on its premises to sporting venues all over the country, has to use the bridge to reach its site because it is bounded on its other side by a low-headroom railway bridge.