There are concerns plans to build a new prison will lead to increased traffic in Ulnes Walton
Lorries could be travelling along a narrow country lane in Chorley at a rate of one every 90 seconds during some periods – if plans to build a new prison in the borough get the go-ahead.
The inquiry was told Mr. Riley had made a series of calculations about the potential frequency of lorry movements based on figures provided by the MoJ.He said those numbers suggested there would typically be 10 to 12 heavy goods vehicles travelling every hour along Ulnes Walton Lane – between the A581 Southport Road and the proposed prison site, close to the existing Garth and Wymott jails, between June 2025 and January 2027.
In evidence spanning the first two days of the inquiry, on Monday and Tuesday this week, Mr. Riley stressed that the 7.5-tonne weight limit on the route meant that were it not for the fact the vehicles were accessing a site that required them to use Ulnes Walton Lane, they would not be permitted to travel on it – because it is “geometrically inadequate”.
Questioned on what it would mean in the “real world” if they nevertheless did so, Mr. Riley said: “One of them’s got to reverse or find a way of getting past… going on to verges where they exist. If they don’t exist, then they have basically got to start reversing down this carriageway.
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