HEAVY LORRY TRAFFIC.
L • • | ROAD RESTRICTIONS MAY CAUSE f INJUSTICE. The effect of the classification of roads and specification of the weight of lorry and load permitted on such , roads was briefly discussed at Saturj day's meeting ol the Hoiowjienua J County Council. j The Public Works Department advised that there were now certain roads classified as third-class roads. These would be available for use by lorries which, with the maximum load they 'are licensed to carry weights not more than 6 tons. Cr. ilarkncss said he was quite satisfied that some very serious anomalies were going to occur if the classihcanon were followed. He knew of a timber concern in the hills which would be (put out of commission through the re-classification of roads in the vicinity of their mill, so that their lorries were unable to make use of the roads. The owners paid £75 license fee, two sets of tyres per year costing £SO in tyre tax, and annual fees £6, making a total of £l3l contributed by one lorry. The local body then came along and said "Thou shait not go along this road." The speaker said he did not think the case had been dealt with on its merits. He hoped this new regulation did not mean that G-ton lorries were going to be pushed off the roads. There should not be an arbitrary ruling, and he felt sure the Engineer would like some latitude in dealing with the classification. The chairman remarked that tbe position was not so bad as the previous speaker had stated. Although a certain road mighi be declared a k 3-ton lorry roird, there was nothing to prohibit the Council granting per- . mission for a man, under certain i conditions, to run a 6-ton lorry over ( the road. If, however, the road was [ a main highway the Highways Board i would have a say in the matter. If I it was injurious for a road to be sub- | milled to a 10-ton lorry then traffic of i that sort would have to be prohlhitI ed. The Council, however, would not willingly inflict any hardship on an enterprise, and it was verj : much a question of relying upon the discretion of the Engineer. Cr. Catley said he was glad to see that Cr. Harkness had revised his ideas because up to the present the speaker had been the only one of that way of thinking. The people referred to by Cr. Harkness maintained five or six miles of the road.
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Shannon News, 23 October 1925, Page 2
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419HEAVY LORRY TRAFFIC. Shannon News, 23 October 1925, Page 2
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