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Derby councillor campaigns to uphold 7.5t weight limit
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Operators who ignore the weight restriction on the A514 in Chellaston face being named and shamed in the local press. Sally Nash reports.
A COUNCILLOR IN Derby has threatened to name operators who persistently ignore the new 7.5-tonne weight restriction on the A514 in Chellaston (CM 19 January).
Controversy over the route began when a weight restriction was slapped on it and the A6 (Shardlow Road) at the end of last year.
In January, police told CM that the bans were impossible to enforce as the 7.5-tonne limit excludes local deliveries, which make up the vast majority of freight journeys on the two routes.
But Derby councillor Mark Tittley is adamant that offenders should be brought to book: "Reluctantly, I'd be prepared to name and shame hauliers in the local press who persistently infringe the weight restriction."
Tittley believes this could affect high-street retailers if drivers delivering to them were seen to be breaking the weight limit.
He rejects claims that the police are not prepared to enforce the weight restriction, pointing to a recent enforcement day that showed some foreign and UK drivers were flouting the regulations.
"My perception, as someone who lives on the A.514, is that although of lot of drivers have stopped using the route there are some persistent offenders,he adds. Tittley warns that more enforcement days are planned. Police, councillors and the Chellaston Residents Association, which had been campaigning for the restriction for 15 years, would work together to ensure the weight limit was enforced, he adds.
Problems with the weight restrictions came to light in January when Chief Inspector Paul Berry, Derbyshire's senior traffic officer, said the bans were impossible to police.
At the time, police pointed out that most hauliers were using the routes legitimately for local deliveries and many innocent drivers would be held up if the restrictions were enforced to the letter.