GLC yields: no payment for access permits
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THE Greater London Council has agreed to drop the proposals in its draft GLC Bill for charging for exemption permits admitting selected traffic to restricted areas. They will now be free.
This represents a considerable success for FTA negotiators, who have achieved their aims on several points. The Association has therefore withdrawn its opposition to the Bill.
On minor and emergency traffic restrictions the GLC had intended to take powers to act first and consult afterwards but it has now agreed to narrow its requirements on this issue and also to consult informally with the FTA in advance.
On a third point, the council has agreed to write in the "Dykes Act" safeguards on the pavement parking of vehicles under 3 tons unladen; in effect, this will permit essential pavement parking for light vehicles loading and unloading.
These changes not only meet the FTA's immediate requests in respect of London but remove the Association's fears that the original GLC proposals would have been used as a precedent for Draconian measures by other authorities.