Wirtgen is offering two new milling machine models that maximise power, productivity and versatility. The W 210 XP is the latest model in Wirtgen’s large cold milling machine series and is designed to combine high power with ease of transport. The machine is driven by an emissions compliant diesel delivering 571kW, allowing a high power to weight ratio. Versatility is claimed as the machine has a 2m wide milling drum as standard but can also be fitted with milling drums that are 1.8m or 2.2m wide, if requir
Concern has been expressed in Austria over the potential costs of upgrading the country’s road network to cope with 60tonne trucks measuring up to 25.5m long. The introduction of these massive ‘gigaliners’ has been proposed across the EC. But Austrian highway operator Asfinag has said that upgrading the country’s roads, highways, bridges and tunnels to make them suitable for gigaliners would cost some €5.4billion. Asfinag has also expressed its concern over the safety issues surrounding these vehicles due t
Europe’s political patchwork is getting a low-emission zone overlap, according to Malcolm Kent*
By now, pretty much everybody in the industry will be aware of the Low Emission Zone in London, UK. But awareness of similar European zones about to start or expand might be more patchy.
The background to all of these schemes is the problem of air quality, particularly European Union rules setting limits on acceptable pollution levels. It was found some years ago that several member states’ cities, including
