Not only. . . but ugly, too
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SPECIAL lorry routes from the motorway to the industrial estates should be made if the proposed lorry ban comes into being.
Delivering this message were representatives from the North Bullsmoor Ratepayers Association, The Federation of Enfield Residents and Allied Associations (FERAA), and the North/ South Road Campaign Committee.
Even if a ban comes about, Steve Brayshaw, an anti-lorry police traffic officer and chairman of the North/South Road Campaign Committee, told the panel, lorries would have to deliver to industrial sites. Special lorry routes could be constructed to cater for this need and keep heavy vehicles out of the residential areas, "Lorries are a nuisance," FERRA's spokesman said. "The bigger the lorry, the bigger the nuisance." Waterways could be used, he continued, and this would reduce the pollution and allow residents a better view of the surroundings.
Owing to the size of the lorries, he continued, they often come up on to the pavement to pass an obstruction. "All this causes more money to be spent on revirs."
Magistrates' fines on drivers and operators who break the law in regard to overloading are "pathetic" Mr Brayshaw said. "There was a case of an operator who had overloaded his vehicle by four tons and was fined £10."
As there is little space for lorries to park, a representative of the Bullsmoor Association said, drivers leave their trailers along the street.
They take the registration plates off, so that the police have no fast means of identifying the trailer, he added.
"On top of all that," he pointed out, "lorries are ugly."