Operating for over 100 years, JJ Priors have seen a great many changes in the aggregates and transport industry and has also been a part of those changes. In addition to providing high quality products, the company has contributed to reducing the impact of aggregate extraction and transportation on the environment. A key factor in this has been our deployment of motorised vessels to deliver the product precisely where it it needed.

The potential effects of transporting aggregates by road range from increased congestion, noise and vibration, through to reduced access and safety. However, there are many measures that can be adopted to avoid or reduce these effects. These measures include, but are not limited to, improvements in road and HGV design, limits on vehicle size permitted to use particular roads during certain times, and the sheeting of loaded HGVs.

Naturally this is dictated to by scales of economy. Our philisophy is quite simple: the provision of quality materials, with minimal environmental impact delivered as and when the customer requires them - resulting in saving the need for over 5,000 HGV lorry loads each year.

• High quality aggregate and ballast products
  
• Environmentally 'friendly' transportation
  
• 'Carbon conscious' workforce
  
• Ongoing training and educational programme
  
• Commitment to quality and care for the environment
  
• Maximising one of the UK's underutilised resources - waterways