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• FTA Greater London chairman Lionel Tucson has praised those boroughs planning to replace the London lorry ban with a more enforceable, more effective and more acceptable "except for loading" ban, designed to protect residential areas.
He has also given a warning that the FTA will "vigorously oppose any attempt to introduce" unreasonable permit conditions, or individual borough permit schemes.
Tucson says the FTA will work closely with London boroughs to ensure that industry and commerce "can go about its business" while minimising disturbance to residents.
EJ A guide to who now controls transport in London has just been produced by the London Strategic Policy Unit. It claims that since the Greater London Council (GLC) was abolished last April, a huge confusing bureaucracy has emerged.
The guide shows that over 25 separate bodies now have a hand in running everything from operating traffic lights and running buses to administering the London lorry ban.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party has pledged to bring back an elected strategic authority to fill the gap left by the GLC and run London's transport.
Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, Bob Hughes, says: "London's transport is in a mess and getting worse. The next Labour Government promises to improve on the system destroyed by this Government."