Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Giant wind turbine brings traffic on main Argyll route to a standstill
Credit: STV | stv.tv 29 June 2012 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
A giant wind turbine caused traffic misery for hundreds of drivers on the main route through western Argyll.
The turbine stem was carried in two sections by two lorries from its base at the Machrihanish plant, near Campbeltown, towards Glasgow.
Sections of the 135-mile route were shut as the heavy load was accompanied by a police escort, causing long tailbacks along its journey on the A83 and A82.
Driver Iain MacKay, 33, said: “I’ve never seen anything like it. It was huge, and that’s just the stem without the blades.
“We were stuck for ages.
“A few people were getting a little irate but I suppose they have to transport them somehow.”
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
(via Stripe) |
(via Paypal) |
Share: