The Lindsay Truck Centre- a model

 This is a possible model for a project I proposed in another blog on Econothon on Wordpress.The Lindsay Truck Centre was a name I gave to a project that would be owned and operated on the outskirts of Lindsay.It would be built on land on or near Walsh Street near the operation of Marbert Transport.This blog is a refinement of the earlier blog on Econothon.
        The Model
  This is an example only; if the city of Lindsay does go ahead with it they may decide to use some of the features shown here.First the truck centre should cover 4 to 6 acres and this entire area must be levelled and paved.The land purchased must be near or adjacent to Marbert Transport which is located on Walsh Street.This land is chosen because  Marbert is already in intercity transport.All the truck companies should operate from the same location.This makes it easier to build common facilities.First the lot must be serviced; it must have water and sewer and electrical services.Services must go into 5 to 8 units.So all services must go into each of the 5 to 8 units.The city may also install loading docks for each unit.The individual company will install it's own building for storage and loading.A new service that is springing up is fleet telematics.This service uses computers to monitor the location of trucks on the road.It can be modified to find out  when loads are ready to be moved and when trucks are ready to pick it up.A more advanced system would have the amounts of individual items needed by an individual store(such as Loblaws) and where it can be obtained most cheaply.This is ambitious and not likely to be used for some time.But I am pointing out that this type of computer operation is available.
      Specific Locations
 The main location served,of course, would be Lindsay and the main objective would be to use the truck centre to deliver a number of items (mostly food) to Lindsay stores.If it is successful then other items would be transported as well.For example, hardware and alcohol and some small car parts. Secondary locations to use this service might be Fenelon Falls,Bobcaygeon and Omemee.A transport truck could use a half load to Lindsay and a half load to Omemee.This would potentially cut the transport( and the total ) cost to both towns.        Contact Workathon for consulting advice