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HALTON District Council has approved plans to ban lorries and

18th November 1977
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Page 34, 18th November 1977 — HALTON District Council has approved plans to ban lorries and
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heavy vehicles from housing estates around the Runcorn New Town area and eastern Runcorn unless they are making deliveries or heading for an off-street garage.

They will have to proceed to a special lorry park which is to be set up on the Astmoor Industrial Estate.

The plan has already been opposed by the Freight Transport Association. The FTA be lieves the problem co solved by imposing w restrictions and by t operators to make drivers use a lorry park than use legislation to them out of the area.

The association wa concerned that lorries co damaged if left unsupe on an unguarded lorry p Council officials ho believe that none of the ciation's objections is enough to prevent the ban from being imposed.

The scheme was dra after concern had be pressed about lorries of them with hazardou goes – being parked o New Town homes overn A spokesman for the c said that banning 1 would cost less than int ing waiting restrictio housing estates because road signs and mar would be needed.

The plans must now the Department of th vironment for final apprdi Cheshire County C has already endorse scheme and the new lor on the Astmoor Estate is for use.


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