B.R.F. Attack Ban on Abnormal Loads
8th August 1958, Page 39
8th August 1958
Page 39
Page 39, 8th August 1958
— B.R.F. Attack Ban on Abnormal Loads
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" AN astonishing decision" is how the British Road Federation have' described the Minister of Transport's announcement that vehicles carrying abnormal loads may not use the Preston by-pass motorway. This route will be open later in the year.
"The Minister may have in mind allowing very heavy vehicles on motorways which have dual carriageways with three lanes, as distinct from Preston by-pass and, for example, the Ross Spur, which have dual two-lane carriageways. Such action would be unwarrantable in view of his existing powers to control the heaviest loads and because it is common sense that medium-heavy loads of more normal dimensions should use motorways without restriction," says the Federation in the current issue of their