Vital Waiting-time Pri nciple in Bristol Inquiry
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THE Traders Road Transport Associa tion is waiting with considerable interest to see what decision is made on an important point of principle by the inspector who conducted a public inquiry last week into a proposed traffic scheme at Bristol.
The scheme embraces parking meters with accompanying waiting and loading restrictions and the T.R.T.A. had been in negotiation with the City authorities for several months over the fact that no provision was ,made for vehicles to wait longer than 30 min. whilst loading or unloading in the dock and market area.
When the Council accepted the T.R.T.A.'s representations and inserted a clause to allow vehicles to wait as long
as necessary to load and unload, the Association's objection was withdrawn. But when the inquiry opened last week the town clerk said the new clause was not intended to permit vehicles to wait unless actually engaged on loading and unloading: this meant that there was no provision for the necessary waiting time whielvil occurs normally in docks and markets.
After representations had been made to the inspector conducting the inquiry, permission was given for the TR.T.A.'s objection to be reinstated, and the Association made emergency arrangements for a case to be presented at the inquiry, which lasted for three days.