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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Roland Perry
Date: Sep 7, 2008 10:16

In message greywall.demon.co.uk>, at 10:22:42 on Sun, 7
Sep 2008, Graeme Wall greywall.demon.co.uk> remarked:
>> This report claims 64,000 equivalent-lorry-trips a year:
>>
>> http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3838.aspx
>
>Same project as earlier referred to, it's a start. Actually it claims it
>saves 530,000 lorry miles a year moving 640,000 tons.

What it claims (for the future) is:

could potentially take 640,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of
materials off the roads

What it claims (for today, which was what the earlier question was
asking) however is:

The equivalent of 64,000 (25 tonne) lorry journeys is currently
carried on British Waterways' 2,000-mile network annually,
--
Roland Perry
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