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<p>The Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL²), operated by Highways
England, has cost £3.9million to develop and operate to date.</p><p> </p><p>There
are commercial systems that perform some elements of ESDAL², but do not offer the
same end-to-end service. These have been financed through private concerns and no
public money has been used to develop or operate them.</p><p> </p><p>For the period
1<sup>st</sup> September to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2016, Network Rail has received
a total of 11,308 notifications through ESDAL² from 361 companies. In the same period,
it has received 6,834 notifications from 87 companies who have used a commercial software
platform (or 29% of total notifications received in the period) with approximately
half of these being from a single company. There have been 5,149 notifications from
other forms received by Network Rail, which equates to 22% of total notifications
received.</p>
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