Dave's lorry ban 'Bible'
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THE WOOD REPORT will change people's concept of lorry bans the next decade, GLC transport committee chair Dave Wetzel I on Monday.
The report was well worth waiting for, he said, and he described it as "dynamite", "absolutely historic" and a "Bible for lorry bans". But he refused to be drawn on what, if any, bans will be implemented by the GLC.
It will use the report as the basis of its discussions in the coming weeks, but with a politician's deftness all Mr Wetzel would say beyond that was that it "won't hinder me in casting my vote".
Significantly, however, w asked what time-scale woulc involved in the GLC arrivino any decision, chief transl planner David Bayliss told porters only about progress wards a lorry ban.
A decision on the type of would be taken in the autu other evidence would then weighed up about the do effects, then a consultat period would follow, with possibility of a public inquiry ing held. That would take aro nine months, by which t much of the M25 will be oper Department of Transport proval would be needed for erection of signs on its tr roads and for any non-stanc weight-limit signs (only 7.5 16.5-tonne signs are DTp proved), but word in Westr ster this week was that Tr; port Secretary Tom King wc have great difficulty in stopi the GLC from implementir generally popular ban.
Officially, however, the DI reserving its position until it had time to digest the report.