Specialist Load Requirements

Advice and guidance on specialist load requirements, including abnormal and dangerous goods and livestock.

Moving Abnormal Loads on the Roads Links to another website.
The "Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads Project" is a one-stop web-based portal for assisted route planning and automated notification of abnormal load movements. [This information is held on a external site.]

Dangerous Goods
Information and guidance on the safe carriage and handling of dangerous goods.

Livestock
Information and guidance on the carriage of livestock.

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29 July 2008 Road Statistics 2007: Traffic, Speeds and Congestion Links to another website.
The Department for Transport has today published the statistical bulletin Road Statistics 2007 [This information is held on an external site]

22 July 2008 More hard shoulder running on the way for Birmingham Links to another website.
A £96m contract to install the technology that will allow the hard shoulder on parts of the motorway network around Birmingham to be opened to traffic during busy periods has been awarded to Carillion [This information is held on an external site]

8 July 2008 Gallagher review calls for Biofuels use to slow down Links to another website.
The Renewable Fuels Agency's Gallagher review into the indirect effects of biofuels is released today (7 July). [This information is held on an external site]