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Tfl. move to review Lorry Ban welcomed by the FTA
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• by Jennifer Ball The Freight Transport Association has welcomed Transport for London's move to commission an independent review into the London Lorry Ban and the possibility of allowing more trucks to make night-time deliveries.
Currently vehicles over 16 tomes are unable to travel in the capital on some residential roads after 9pm on weekdays, with further restrictions during the weekend, unless operators have a licence allowing them to use major routes such as the Al.
However, some hauliers have expressed concerns that when congestion charging comes into force next month, this will leave only a twoand-a-half-hour slot to carry out deliveries without paying the road toll (which will be enforced from lam until 6.30pm).
Sue Moody, FTA regional manager London and Southeast says that the association has been cam
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paigning for improvements for a long time, and hopes that some good comes from the Transport Research Laboratory's investigation.
"We hope that the mayor's office will start to recognise that congestion charging combined with the problems caused by the lorry ban, parking fines, theft of road space, and roadworks is as much as the haulage industry can take. We want to see some give in these restrictions."
IRA
Transport and distribution manager of south Londonbased Youngs Brewery, Bob Ball, says his company would welcome a lifting of the ban. It currently has to apply for a permit to operate at night with clear stipulations on the routes it. can take.
vok` Removal of the ban would therefore cut the red tape involved in making late deliveries.
A spokeswoman for Transport for London says that it is currently reviewing the possibility of lifting the lorry ban, and is consulting widely with industry.