Graveyard effect
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FT IS SURPRISING that the terms of reference for the Inquiry appear to assume that banning lorries will have benefits, said Dr Francis Pocock, distribution director of Watney Mann and Truman Brewers Ltd.
"Positive terms of reference would encourage more participation, credibility and implementation where this is practical," he explained.
Any weight restrictions would cause the company and London as a whole to suffer, he pointed out. "Unless London is to become an industrial graveyard, the Greater London Council must think through how it proposes to encourage industrial regeneration," Dr Pocock stressed. Banning lorries would not be the answer.
The more vehicles carry, the fewer vehicle-miles travelled,
thus reducing noise levels, roar wear, fumes and congestion, D Pocock explained. "A ban a eight tonnes gvw would auto matically increase the number o. lorries needed to carry out de liveries and increase the amoun. of mileage travelled."