Barge trials prove ‘successful’
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MOVES BY Anglian Water to cut the number of lorries on the roads have a taken a further step after it trialled shifting sewage sludge by barge instead.
The 10-day experiment, which relied on the waterways between Ely and King’s Lynn, was described by the firm as “successful” and it is now analysing the results.
Up to 120 HGV movements a day have become a source of irritation to villagers in Clenchwarton, near King’s Lynn, and Anglian Water has been looking into the best way to improve access to its treatment plant (CM 28 July).
It says it has three options, one of which is to rely on freight movements by water – a method it claims would reduce the annual number of vehicle kilometres by 660,000 and save 235 tonnes of CO2.
“It’s too early to give a definitive judgment on whether it’s the choice we would pursue in future,” says an Anglian Water spokesman. “There are two other options. We are hoping to make a decision before Christmas.” As well as relying on its own fleet, the company subcontracts its transport to RTS.