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Council defends use of bus Lanes by HGVs
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NORFOLK COUNTY Council has defended its decision to back measures that allow lorries to use a bus lane in Norwich, which was given a permanent green light last week.
'I he city council's Norwich Highways Agency Committee has agreed to let HGVs, which work out of Foulger Transport's freight consolidation centre (FCC) at Snetterton, use of the bus lane when roads are congested.
The council hopes the measure, which has been piloted for a year, will boost support for the FCC from potential retail customers and reduce the number of lorries running into the city. Cyclist groups have condemned the initiative as "hrainless':but the council says it will cut congestion and be safer for cyclists.
Graham Mayes. Foulger Transport business development manager, says: "We look forward to working with customers with this potential added benefit.
"Only people with a very parochial view might have an issue with it. If they look at the bigger picture. they might see things differently."
A council spokesman says only a small number of lorries will use the Newmarket Road bus lane.
He says: "It encourages operators to leave their bigger vehicles outside the city, rather than coming in. There's a benefit to everybody, cyclists included."