Operators Object to Parking Payments
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VJIGOROUS objections have been V made by the Road Haulage Association to a proposal from the Ministry of Transport that payment should be made for lorries waiting to load or unload in Upper Thames Street in the City of London. The proposal, contained in a letter to the Association, follows informal discussions arising from the decision to introduce parking meters in Upper Thames Street.
The R.H.A. has pointed out that lorries waiting to load or unload at wharves and business premises are engaged on essential-traffic which can only be handled on the spot. The waiting period is not within the control of the driver and cannot be known by him in advance.
The T.R.T.A. said this week that, while it was pleased at the Minister's recognition that special waiting facilities should be provided for goods vehicles in such areas, it, too, remained utterly opposed to the principle of charging. The Association suggested that one answer would be to take the street out of the planned parking meter zone, as had been done at Covent Garden, was now being done at Bristol and as the T.R.T.A. was currently negotiating for in Stepney, in connection with Spitalfields Market.