Abnormal load stuck In Hamworthy side street (From Bournemouth Echo)

Abnormal load stuck In Hamworthy side street

11:59am Tuesday 13th July 2010 in

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ANGRY drivers faced long delays in Poole on Tuesday morning as an abnormal load turned the rush hour into traffic chaos.

A huge 90ft lorry, which was attempting to get to the harbour, blocked traffic along busy Blandford Road in Hamworthy.

The trucker was trying to reverse his massive load into a side road to turn around, but police say it was an impossible manoeuvre.

The lorry, that was carrying large pylon pipes, became stuck and traffic quickly built up in both directions.

Some drivers reported 40 minute delays in getting to work, while others abandoned plans to drive over Poole bridge and opted to head the long way around Holes Bay into town.

See a short clip of the lorry

One exasperated motorist said: “I spent at least 20 minutes stuck in a traffic jam while all this was going on, that ended up making me late for work.

“There was a long queue of traffic going nowhere.

“Why do huge vehicles like this have to move their loads around during the rush hour blocking a major route into Poole?

“There should be a better way of organising loads like this on our roads.”

Traffic police, who described the scenes as “chaotic”, were forced to set up traffic controls and eventually the lorry was taken back around the bay and down into Poole Harbour along the A350.

It eventually arrived around 10.30am, some three hours after first getting stuck.

A Dorset police spokesman said: “Officers said it had been given a route to take that turned out to be impossible to make.

“Traffic quickly built up along Blandford Road.”