Maldon: Project manager apologises over wind turbine lorry breakdown

3:46pm Wednesday 6th March 2013 in Local News By Emma Robinson

Maldon: Project manager apologises over wind turbine lorry breakdown Maldon: Project manager apologises over wind turbine lorry breakdown

The project manager of Bradwell wind farm has apologised, after a lorry carrying part of a wind turbine broke down yesterday and caused huge traffic disruptions.

Police urged motorists to avoid the Fambridge Road area until 5.30pm, when the load was recovered.

Motorists were diverted to Purleigh and Mundon to avoid the lorry, which broke down outside the Round Bush pub.

The lorry's load was destined for the wind farm at Bradwell, which is currently undergoing construction.

Michael Williams, Project Manager for Bradwell Wind Farm said: "The first turbine deliveries to site commenced on Tuesday 5th March.

"One lorry suffered a mechanical problem and the convoy was delayed.

"Our thanks go to the police who quickly and safely diverted traffic but we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience the delay caused to road users.

"We are keeping local residents and interested parties up to date by email and text alerts. To sign up, please email bradwell@rwe.com."
 

More deliveries are expected to run as normal, today, Friday and Monday between 10am and 3pm.

Comments(2)

Wilhemena says...
10:37am Thu 7 Mar 13

Just the start of total mayhem on our roads for this horrendous development which ruins peoples lives, is not an efficient means of generating power and lines the pockets of some rich company

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Wilhemena says...
2:13pm Thu 7 Mar 13

at a maximum efficiency of 35% (or the claimed output), every one of these produced more Co2 to manufacture, than they could save over their lifetime. Add to this that they are only a secondary standby - we still HAVE to keep building coal/nuclear power stations, at the same rate as before wind turbines. Add to this the well researched articles by experts around the world on the health effects on humans from the low frequency noise, the blight on the landscape seems trivial. They're only built because it's an easy root to launder money from the taxpayer to the turbine companies. Stop the subsidies and pay them per unit generated, they'd be gone within a year. Many countries are now acknowledging the poor decisions they made, and the effects on our health, if only Britain would do the same and stop this madness.

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