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THE ‘VILLA-GE of Bridge.
‘straddling the A2 three
miles south of C*a:nterb1_:_ur_v
ranfgpalready sh_-aiken to its
reznezzent’ floIu:n»daatei:ons by
rlrnter continental M ' lorries.
1:32:12,-y feagces a new mena«ce_
thew jum-bo—sizedo juggemu
naut. » _ V ;
Some Gommmn Market coun-
t Want the Bramiislh —1orry
1. ~n of 32 tons overall weight
~a:n=:i 10 ions axle weight raised
to 40 isms enzi 11 2tons..A,-mi flhey
want t5;1e,cha»ng:e made before
the end of the ye-;anr . . . beforo
Brztaim ‘eriters trhze Common:
Marks: and has a. vote. ’
Any .
Brussels would affect all Market;
countries—and places like Bridge
more thany anywhere.
o Militant
Farrah  1.14 pm.
4. , y1ISster§{ay—’I-'rr1<oni-
ipelgh-’cers .r-_un;n-
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A PEDESTRIAN stands back as a lorry and a mobile crane—-neither of them trans-
Continental—pass with inches to spare through B.ridge’s narrow street.

paint-e:d« b-iv rrriilsitazrrt vimlegenrs. A
huge *s1:osg=aun r‘esa?c1_«s: “ Ban TIRIJ
now.’ Bypass Budge.”

The Environment Depart-
ment. has recently said "a. road
win be built rougnd Bridge, but
few be=1-ieveit Wr1'1 be ready in
less than five veers.

‘Ilhe jug‘gve1'nau-‘cs I saw head-
ing for Hamburg and Mann-

    
      
      
 
 
 

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se-ve1'ai1— East and -West
.‘-»:.u eoruntries ’wou.1-d be
with ,40-“roan

ptors beixireeve the

the powerfuil anti-juagxgern-amt
lobby.

'D;:<e.y wtoxusld a1s‘od»am.age ‘roads’ \

built. for mrusdh lmghiter vehfi=:le~s.
on arveriage e. Jrugrgrernautt
p-ass-es tflnraovuégh Br»1dg;e.ever,v two

_m=1'hustes of the day and night.

For every 10 last; year there are
now 14.

' N arrowly missed

Cross-'Ch-am'1e«1 shé1ppfin~g opera-
traffsfac wm
double within two years and are
backing ts‘ne=ir juctgvrnent by
flcsuvi~1vdL’1tr1<g; more ship,

Even‘ the pavement seemed to

  

V shudder 'aisr«l watched a heavily-

laden TIR (Transport Inter-
nstimal -Routier) lorry pass

within three feet of ancient j 
cottages on its way to London. '
‘It’ narrowly missed another j ‘

freighter heading for Dover

docks. In 90 seconds, four jug- ‘

gernauts ilumbered through the
village which has been the ‘scene

of many protests and Irunlerous ;f_

near-accidents.

. Several Tory_ MP5 _a1'e bitteliy ‘Z
opposed to imgger Juggernauts V “
and threaten to vote agalnst the , ‘

Government unless assurances

are given that British weight '

limits would not ‘pe »in_creased,
Bridge, founded m quxejs horse-

and-buggy dag)-‘s, is n'ow"9.'n.c¢,isy‘

place where danger ’£_a.1ways
lurks. And this is the qmetest
part of the year.