• The London Lorry Ban has cost councils in the
10th December 1987, Page 6
10th December 1987
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capital 2250,000 to run. Some 2,000 warning signs have been erected, and 20,000 10-page permits issued since the ban came into force, said junior transport minister Peter Bottomley in a Commons reply last week.
The first two operators to be prosecuted under the ban are due in court this week. Spalding Haulage and J Oldham (Stonemasons) are charged with driving lorries through Kilburn without exemption permits and will appear at Hampstead Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Spalding will be defended by lawyers paid for under the Road Haulage Association's legal protection scheme, but director Don Beecham is understood to want the case postponed.
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Peter Bottomley, Don Beecham