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k 50-SQUARE-MILE zonal lorry ban could apply across part of Henordshire by early next year, if county councillors agree on plans at a fleeting next month.
The county has been planning ban around St Albans for some nonths, and is now at the final aage of receiving objections rom industry and local interest Iroups. It would affect all tehicles over 7.5-tonnes gross, ;xcept for access.
Council officers have ex)ressed misgivings about the ;ffectiveness of the ban, saying hat many lorry drivers are likely o ignore the warning signs, but ;ouncillors have pressed ahead ;o far, and are likely to endorse :he proposals when the highsays committee meets next month.
The Department of Transport las been co-operating with the .:ounty over the scheme, and has approved non-standard road 3igns which indicate that the ban s an area scheme. It is also Jermitting Hertfordshire to erect advance warning signs on the M1 until a roundabout is con structed at a slip road, so that lorries can then turn back on to the motorway.
Hertfordshire expects to spend about £60,000 on erecting signposts for the scheme, which would be Britain's biggest area ban, but it argues that there will be a net saving in costs to trans port operators, as vehicles excluded from St Albans will be able to run faster and incur lower running costs.
This is disputed by the Freight Transport Association, which has demanded a public inquiry into the plan. It says vehicles only travel through St Albans because they need to make deliveries there or because of road works on the M1 or A1.