Lorries most have space, GLC agrees
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"MANY of the things for which lorry drivers and owners are blamed are caused by the absence of space in which to do these things properly", said Mrs. Jane Phillips, chairman of the highways and traffic committee of the Greater London Council, on Tuesday. Mrs. Phillips, who was presenting a joint report by her committee and the planning and communications committee about the movement of commercial vehicles in London (CommEacIAL Mama last week), continued: "It is no good complaining that a lorry driver is causing obstruction by standing his vehicle on the road while he has a much needed cup of tea when no provision has been made to provide him with parking space."
Working with the borough councils, the GLC hopes to find proper answers to the problems of lorry parking, loading and unloading, she said. The report was accepted by the Council.
Mrs. Phillips said the lorry was the most unpopular vehicle on the road but it was absolutely essential; most of its work could not be done by the railways and could not be done at times other than those at which it was being done now. Operators knew the difficulties and the C-licence sector had helpfully agreed to send a questionnaire to members about their work to see if deliveries in busy streets could be reorganized.
The PLA was making arrangements for guarding lorries and for call-up systems to avoid queueing and Mrs. Phillips said she had written to highway committee chairmen in and around London asking for details of the problems caused by drivers having to park their lorries outside their own homes.
When Mr. H. T. Mote said Barnet's request for a lorry park was turned down by the Ministry, Mrs. Phillips said the GLC had now intervened.