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8th January 2009, Page 13
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Welsh councils on course to trial sat-nay warnings

By Roanna Avison THE WELSH Assembly has approved a trial scheme to allow local councils to put up signs warning truck drivers not to follow sat-nay systems on to unsuitable roads.

While the idea is not targeted at any specific problem areas in Wales, councils will have to apply to the Welsh Assembly to take part in the 12-month trial, and also have to prove that trucks have been using inappropriate roads and causing problems Once approval is given, the councils will be able to put up blue signs warning truck drivers that roads are unsuitable for HGVs, and that they should take an alternative route. A spokesman for the Welsh Assembly says local signs are often too close to a narrow street or low bridge for a truck to turn around. The new signs will warn drivers well in advance and give them the opportunity to turn around and take an alternative route, he adds.

So far, signs have been put up in Gwemaffield, near Mold, between Llangian and Nantmoor and on the B4416 at Brithdir.

One Welsh haulier, who did not wish to be named, says the increasing popularity of truckspecific sat-nay systems should mean the signs are unnecessary.

"However, a lot of foreign trucks trying to get to Holyhead do follow sat-nay directions blindly," he adds

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