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Success
at Last
 
The
new HGV diversion signs are now in place to prevent HGVs
from attempting the ascent into Shaftesbury
from the west, using unsuitable roads; they will now be directed out onto
the A30. We hope that these signs
will be effective, and we need to monitor the situation to determine
whether mandatory weight limit signs are still needed.
These
signs should prevent the chaos that has occurred in the past as depicted
below:
Correspondence:
Letter from DCC 28.09.04
Letter from DCC 18.10.06
Press Coverage:
Western Gazette 14.12.2006
Western Gazette 12.10.2006
Daily Mail
Daily Mail Online
Daily Mail Online Picture Gallery
Ma’ariv Daily Newspaper Israel
ValeFM News 16.10.2006
ITV West
– 6 O’clock News Tuesday 17th October 2006
Western Gazette 14.12.2006
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More pictures and video
here
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5th
December PM – This
week’s accident - A collision between a large tractor with trailer,
and a car, minor injuries sustained – Paramedics and Police in
attendance. Incident number
I05:227 refers.
 watch the video
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21st November – A.M. Another large truck became stuck on St. John’s
Hill and had to reverse down the
hill and exit to Foyle Hill and Cherry Orchard – no photos of this
incident available.
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20th November – Monday at 10:13 a collision between a
3663 truck and a car occurred about 400m down from the Abbey School on
the B3091, up to 6 Police were in attendance, Fire and Ambulance crews
were also in attendance, both drivers were injured and the car driver was
taken to hospital. The road was
blocked and closed for several hours.
Incident number I20:0141 refers.
We note that the National Speed Limit of 60mph applies to this
narrow and steep section of the B3091 and that there is no buffer zone of
40mph between the National Limit zone and the 30 mph zone at the Abbey
School.
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26th October – Two incidents today; in the morning a large BWOC Fuel Tanker gets stuck and
reverses down to the Abbey School St. James to turn and exit down Foyle
Hill.
 watch the video
In the evening an empty Steel delivery
HGV gets stuck in the same place – the Police are called and have
to supervise it reversing down to the Abbey School to turn, again exiting
down Foyle Hill.
 watch the video
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20th October 2006 8:30 AM – Another car slams into the wall at Pine
Walk, Bimport, St. John’ s Hill, just 14 hours
after the incident below and in exactly the same place as the HGV
stranded. Lucky there were no
pedestrians around at the time.
 watch the video
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19th October 2006 – Yet another juggernaut gets stuck and wheel-spins on the
steep hill & hair-pin bend into Bimport. This one looks to be unladen and just makes
it after half an hour of trying, but then it has to negotiate Bimport, it
cannot follow the route for ‘Through Traffic’ so has to turn
into the High Street. The notices
(top picture) read ‘Unsuitable
for Heavy Vehicles’ (but there is no warning for vehicles
coming up the hill, the one to
the right reads ‘Ambulance
Station’ – tough if the ambulance wants to come into
town, or go down the hill if it is blocked there.
This HGV was
en-route from Sturminster Newton to Heathrow, the driver did not know the route and
complained that there were no appropriate warning signs.
 watch the video
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