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The Wandsworth out-of-hours freight delivery experience

14 May 2010
A 2007 trial of night-time deliveries by Sainsburys in Wandsworth cut the travel time from depot to store in half... and also reduced noise levels at the site
A 2007 trial of night-time deliveries by Sainsburys in Wandsworth cut the travel time from depot to store in half... and also reduced noise levels at the site

 

The trial carried out by Sainsbury’s, the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Noise Abatement Society in 2007 showed what can be achieved by out-of-hours deliveries accompanied by best practice noise mitigation measures. There was, for example, a reduction of 8-10 decibels in the maximum noise level from unloading, due to the installation of dock curtains, which seal the noise from inside the HGV’s trailer and noise from roll cages passing over the tailgate plane. The trial also...

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