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Southampton talks of ban

11th August 1984, Page 14
11th August 1984
Page 14
Page 14, 11th August 1984 — Southampton talks of ban
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AS THE Greater London Council lorry ban becomes more contentious (CM August 4), Southampton City Council is also looking at the same kind of proposals.

Action by the council is in the very early stages. In June the Freight Transport Association was asked to comment on a city engineer's report. The FTA stated that the engineer's recommendations had drawn heavily on the conclusions of the GLC's Wood Inquiry which reported favourably on the effects of banning heavy lorries from London.

Southampton City Council told CM that it was considering alternative initial proposals. There may be a night-time and week-end ban for lorries exceeding 7.6 tonnes, or for those only exceeding 16.5 tonnes.

These bans are being considered for the whole of the city apart from the M271 and western approach, the docks' perimeter and "as much as practicable of the southern part of the city centre."

The council is also considering banning lorry parking in certain areas within the city. Early_ proposals also point to a lack of suburban lorry parks.

The FTA believes that the correct way to tackle Southampton's problems is to eliminate through traffic — for example in London it hopes that the M25 will achieve this — and to find local solutions to specific problems. A total ban would "impose serious hardship" it said.

The progress of Southampton Council to discuss its proposals, has been delayed. It changed from being Conservative controlled to Labour in May this year. The issue has not been dropped, a spokesman said.


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