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ONLY EIGHT per cent of traffic that travels through Inner London has either an origin or destination there, according to Betty Woolf, co-ordinator of West London Traffic Reform.
The cost of diverting this traffic by signposting or re-routing would be minimal, she said. At the moment the A4 and A4OM encourages traffic to go straight through Inner London.
The main area that the reform group represents is from Shepherd's Bush to the Chelsea Embankment, and its prime aim is to end the one-way system that exists along this route.
Although a night ban has already been implemented in the area, an extension to this time period is still being sought by the group, Mrs Woolf explained. Once this has been obtained, a weekend ban is next on the agenda.
"If a lorry ban had the effect of increasing food prices nationwide," said inquiry chairman Derek Wood, "would this affect your views on lorry bans?" "No," she replied.
Any increase in food prices would be as minimal as 1/2p in the £1. "Compare this with the price that residents will save on reduced utility repairs, and we will all be in pocket," she suggested.