Wood report splintered
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HE WOOD INQUIRY into the )ossible effects of controls on orries in Greater London is to nake two reports, one by the ind of July, the other by April mixt year.
The Greater London Council's ransport committee agreed last veek that the final report should )e delayed until the results of he Greater London Transportaion Survey are available.
But the panel, chaired by )erek Wood, QC, will prepare an nterim report for presentation o the council by the time it goes nto summer recess, in late July. It is not yet certain what inormation that will contain, and t has still to be decided whether he Transport and General Norkers Union will give evilence. There is still an invitation )utstanding to the TGWU.
The Inquiry was established ast year, following a pre-elecion pledge to establish the facts about the effects of lorry con:rols, and was expected originally to report back by Eas:er this year. EFFECTIVE lorry control measures do not need to be grandiose, said Transport Secretary David Howell at a visit to Havant, in Hampshire, last week.
Even quite small schemes can make a significant difference to the quality of life of those living in the affected areas, he said, and added that lorry routeing schemes and by-passes are both adequate means of' taking lorries out of unsuitable areas.