No ban
27th March 1982, Page 4
27th March 1982
Page 4
Page 4, 27th March 1982
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LANCASHIRE County Council has been advised to drop its plans for an amenity lorry ban near Clitheroe, and this could save one operator up to £6,000 a year in diversion costs.
A Government inspector has advised the council against imposing the ban, which would have forced lorries out of Chatburn and on to the A59 Chatburn bypass, after learning that a 170degree turn which some lorries would have made could have blocked a road and caused an obstruction.
The main operator which would have been affected, Tilcon, has a depot on a trading estate in Chatburn, and the Freight Transport Association told the inspector last year that a ban could put the company at a commercial disadvantage because of increased costs.