Scrap longer lorry plan, say groups as DfT and EU debate legal points

Freight

Andrew Forster
01 July 2011
 

Ministers are being urged to scrap plans for longer lorries by local authority officers and an alliance of environmental, road safety and rail freight pressure groups.

Consultation closed last week on the DfT’s plan to extend lorry semi trailer lengths from 13.6 to 15.65 metres, a move that would increase the maximum vehicle length to 18.55 metres.

In its response, the Local Government Technical Advisers Group (TAG) predicts the longer vehicles will present a heightened safety risk to...

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