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SERIOUS SAFETY proble would arise in the event a lorry ban in the Greater Lon( Area, according to the Natio Federation of Demoliti Contractors, which wants to exempt from any ban.
The Wood Inquiry was t last week by Michael Penfolc W. H. Penfold, of Lewisham, Brian Feldman, Federati secretary, that any kind of bar lorry weight restriction we delay the clearance of rut and potentially danger( material. This would cai congestion and hinder the molition process, Mr Pent said.
Rubble is moved either b tipper lorry or a vehicle carry a skip, he explained. The rc economic way is to use the la tippers, as they can taker,up double the amount of the larc skip.
The smallest lorry used by molition contractors is the tonne-gross-vehicle weight $. lorry. If a 16-tonne ban was troduced, this would be the c vehicle that could be used in London area, he continued.
A 60cu-yd skip would c £300 to hire for one jourr whereas a 120cu-yd tipper Ca ing twice as much would c about £290 per journey.
The skip is only really u when access to a site is r tricted, allowing only the sr lorries in, he said.
If a 16-tonne-gvw ban ca about, then most demolil contractors operating in the L don area would have to inves. the skips as they would be m practical than a 16-tonne tipr This restocking of vehii would mean additional co which would be passed on to customer.
A night-time ban would affect demolition contractors much.