Huge load causes chaos on motorway
IT HAD LEFT FORMER BREWERY IN BURTON EARLIER IN THE DAY, BRINGING TOWN TO STANDSTILL
TWO lanes of a motorway had to close when a gigantic vessel travelling from a Burton brewery crashed into the central reservation.
Two vessels left the former Molson Coors south brewery site, in Station Street, Burton, on Tuesday afternoon, bringing town centre traffic to a standstill.
And now it has emerged one went into the central reservation on the M42 near Birmingham, according to Complete Traffic Network.
The incident happened at Junction 6 with the A45, with delays eventually backing up to Junction 9 near Sutton Coldfield. Two lanes were closed for around five hours.
A post from Complete Traffic Network said: “Two lanes at J6/A45 remain closed and delays back to J8 southbound. This is due to an incident involving an abnormal load which struck the barrier earlier. The vehicle is now awaiting recovery, and repairs are needed on the crash barrier for the exit J6 slip road. Please avoid.”
It later said: “M42 still has two lanes closed southbound at J6/A45. This is due to ongoing emergency repairs and recovery work. An abnormal load struck a crash barrier earlier, the vehicle now requires extensive repairs before it can be moved. This is expected to take some time. Delays northbound have cleared, but still 40 minutes southbound.”
One wide load was removed from the former Molson Coors site on Monday, September 13, and the final two were moved on Tuesday.
They were bound for Ledbury, in Herefordshire.
They required a police escort through the town and onto the A38 at Branston.
When the Burton Mail approached Molson Coors for further details about the vessels, the firm said it no longer had anything to do with the south site the vessels left from after it was sold off last year.
All workings have been moved to the north brewery on the opposite side of the road, with the south site sold to Nottingham-based commercial estate agent Day-dako Developments Limited.
It is not known yet what the site will be used for, but its new owners said it could be “utilised for a wide range of activities”.
The south brewery was built in 1864 and was previously connected to the company’s north brewery site across Station Street by an overhead bridge.