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ewer restrictions
LE Freight Transport Assolion has asked the GLC and DoE to take a fresh look the traffic management rich is applied to lorries in ndon.
Although accepting the itification of restrictions, the 'A says that in aggregate ay are so diverse that they becoming increasingly Ecult for the driver to unrstand — or the operator to asonably take account of. To support its case ETA :ed the 3-ton-unladen ban in a City, the 40ft central Lon don ban, artificial 6ft 6in or 7ft width restrictions in residential areas, and 2.5 tons unladen weight restriction in Highgate.
The FTA believes that a very high level of compliance and self-enforcement is necessary for any schemes to be a success.
The problem, says the FTA, is not limited to London, but if a sensible solution could not be achieved in the GLC area it stood very little chance elsewhere.