No ioke for ban breakers
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ON April Fools Day an order came into force banning vehicles over 21/2 tons unladen from running through the middle of Highgate Village in London.
Since then more than 200 summonses have been served on drivers who, it is alleged, have broken the ban. And they face fines in the region of £40 if they are found guilty.
The order was put on following complaints from residents who said that lorries had been using Highgate Hill as a short cut because of holdups in Archway Road, the main route around Highgate Village.
A spokesman for the Haringey Council told CM that the weight ban was signposted and that the Village was easily avoidable.
"Initially the police were enforcing the ban but then we took over the checking to make sure that those lorries ignoring the order needed to use the route for access.
"In a four-day period we stopped more than 200 lorries and •these cases have prosecutions pending," he said, "In the cases taken to court by the police fines averaging £40 have been imposed."