Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 29805

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

Tabled: 6 February 2025

Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Mr Will Forster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing permanent weight limits of (a) 38.4 tonnes for four-axle rigid Volumetric Concrete Mixers (VCMs) and (b) 44 tonnes for five-axle rigid VCMs,

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Department ran a call for evidence from October to December 2023 seeking views on three potential options on weight limits for Volumetric Concrete Mixers (VCMs). Evidence was provided to the Department on both the pros and cons of allowing VCMs to con...

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