§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 12 July 2000,Official Report, column 563W, on rail freight, what the maximum permissible weight will be for a traction unit designed to convey the cement road tankers to which he refers. [132019]
§ Mr. HillIn my answer to the hon. Member on 12 July I stated that the cement road tanker designed to be conveyed on the intermodal wagons would have a maximum weight of 40 tonnes. This referred to the combined weight of the load of cement, the road tanker and its trailer. The total on-road weight of road tanker, trailer and traction unit and its load will not exceed 44 tonnes (road tanker—5.1 tonnes; trailer—5 tonnes; traction unit—8.1 tonnes; load of cement—not more than 25.8 tonnes).