Mapping uncharted territory in London
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WITH UP to 50 new restrictions on the use of goods vehicles being introduced each week in various parts of the country, I can well understand the Freight Transport Association's reluctance to try to produce maps for lorry drivers. It is to be congratulated on finally accepting the challenge to publish a comprehensive sheet of large-scale London maps especially for them.
Some public authorities aske for information had no complei knowledge of their own prohibitions and one even had no record of low bridges in its area. Road users have to discover bridge heights by dangerous trial and error. That the measure of the FTA's task ii London alone.
The Guide to London Wharvl and Docks published by CM many years ago was another monumental work. Alas, it is now of only historic interest as record of a once-great port.