The facts of life
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THE LORRY is clearly a go servant, but it can be a h master, the Association District Councils told Sir thur Armitage's inquiry week.
It said that the lorry is a fi of life, and the main problen for society to come to ter with it. Schemes such as I widening of pavements Ludlow, to prevent lorr from damaging overhangi medieval buildings are need and money from conservati funds should be used.
ADC says that there i! case for banning lorries fn certain town centres, but told the Inquiry that care ml be taken.
It believes that 40-tonn should be allowed after cert safeguards are agreed. Th would include greater cont of the siting and developtn of transport depots, the e ablishment of lorry routes s transhipment centres, am policy of introducing mi crawler lanes in existing no; to speed the flow of traffic.
ADC said that there wo be a 27 per cent increase road damage if existing tonners were increased to tonners, but it did conc.( that 40-tonne vehicles mi.; improve matters.
But it went on to say t the middle range of lorr creates the biggest area road damage. It wants specification of 16-ton axle lorries to be taken to same road damage factor that of 32or 40-tonne lorril