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Beating lorries in the sticks
Mr A. F. Holford-Walker (CM, January 12) is one of those urban people who are determined to force the countryside into conformity with a fantasy world of Constable landscapes. He and his supporters, usually found on those new estates that disfigure many of our villages, make a thorough nuisance of themselves with their "ban fox hunting, ban lorries, ban silos" philosophy, and I suggest that the "intense public feeling" to which he refers is resentment by the rural community of having their world organised for them by a collection of townsfolk.
For example, if restrictions or heavy lorry movement were put into practice, then agriculture would be brought almost to a halt. Most of the heavy vehicles seen in country lanes are associated in some way with local agricultural activity. In fact, only the locals could navigate them without -getting lost.
If the top weight categories of lorries were restricted to main roads, then every farm would need access to it. Those farmers fortunate enough to have main road frontage would face astronomic costs of providing such access and what would become of those farmers who do not?
It is possible that assembly points could be used but most of the farms around my area raise beef and dairy cattle. If these were driven along the lanes to the main road, Mr HolfordWalker and his ilk would soon be up in arms over the inevitable cow pats!
One way or another road transport serves us all and these pseudo-environmentalists are a menace to us all.