Speed up at Market
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LONDON'S Covent Garden Market Authority promises a fastei flow of vehicles as a result of the introduction of new entr3 controls at the Nine Elms site.
Casual users of the market must obtain entry by using ticket machines installed at the main entrance and at the flower market.
These accept coins to the value of El, and dated receipts from the machines must be displayed on lorry windscreens while the vehicles are in the market.
This system replaces an earlier one where entry control staff collected charges. The authority says the new system will bring better control of cash takings, and it will ensure a faster flow of vehicles.
A security officer has been authorised to provide change for the ticket machines, but he has been instructed not to accept entrance fees.