Fears over windfarm lorries
Lorries which stretch more than half the length of a Mid Wales high street will be used to transport windfarm parts, it has been claimed.
Robert Robinson, Welshpool Town Council clerk, said the lorries carrying parts to potential windfarm developments through the town would stretch from Welshpool Town Hall to Broad Street crossroads – about 53 metres (60 yards).
Mr Robinson said: “I have been discussing this now for a while and a public meeting is being held about it on March 10, but people don’t realise the size of these things.
“They are going to be the length from the town hall to the traffic lights – they are going to be huge.
“They are also going to be nine metres high, the same height as the high street buildings, which are hundreds of years old.
“Who knows what damage will be caused to these buildings? We are talking with our insurers on this already, because if these lorries damage the buildings, we will have to act.”
Mr Robinson has already said the situation is far more “devastating” than first imagined because of the number of lorries carrying turbine components.
He said the number had risen from 20 extra lorries per day through the town, supplying parts to the farms as they are built, to a “staggering” 114 per day.
He said plans included removing a roundabout on Welshpool’s bypass to accommodate the over-sized vehicles.
23 February 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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