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CM pressure prompts IOM truck weight Limit review
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CM COVER STORY
THE GOVERNMENT of the Isle of Man has agreed to review lorry weight limits with a view to mod
ernising them after CM reported that hauliers were complaining of being left behind in the 1950s.
Manx hauliers are forced to run under-loaded and in an environmentally unfriendly manner to comply with outdated regulations.
But after CM raised the issue (CM 18 June), the island's Department of Transport (DoT) has now agreed to look at the legislation.
A DoT spokesman says: "The DoT is trying to go through the process of raising the weight limits on the island, currently artics.
"Two or three operators are going to run trailers to see how weight can be put on their vehicles and see the effect on the vehicles and the road itself. Technicians will then take the evidence forward and put a case for increasing axles on these vehicles."
Jon Bennett, haulier for Manx firm B&C Transport, says a meeting to discuss the issue "came about because it was in CV.'
He adds: "They told us they are looking at 44-tonne weight limits from port to industrial estates. There are problems with trailers coming over here and hauliers not being familiar with Manx law.
"They're running 44-tonne vehicles and they aren't allowed out of the Marshalling yard. They are based on 1950s weight limits; it's also an environmental issue."
• Meanwhile, a series of public meetings to discuss the results of a consultation into introducing an 0-licence system on the Isle of Man were due to lake place this week.