ostly trunk route threat
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ORRY BAN E1ODY BLOW
'LAN TO BAN vehicles over 5 tons unladen has come under attack from the industry. Thought ye the first ban of its kind on a major trunk road — A58 Leeds to Wetherby — the ban has been 'tuned as "hasty, and costly and completely unjustified."
k Freight Transport Assotion statement has connned the ban as "an ustified burden on local de and industry whose tidies need to use this )ortant part of the national nk road network."
iknd Road Haulage Associa1 international secretary ) Duffy added that the ban uld be "very restrictive on ivy vehicles essential to the de of the area — and it tuld be removed as soon as ;sible."
'he ban has been accepted the West Yorkshire County uncil as an alternative to ining long distance traffic m using the road.
U-IA Yorkshire secretary nneth Howe told CM that thought the ban was aimed ong-distance road tankers. We don't feel that such a on an important road like 3 can be justified. After all, ; a trunk road.
We appreciate that there y be environmental probis, but these are essential vice vehicles that will be ,ct.ed by the ban," he said. .lews of the ban follows the lisation that there would be al difficulties over the riposting on long distance ffic. But this would not be nd with a total weight limit. ;aught in the new ban will local delivery vehicles. nalising them in this way is tly and pointless," said an A spokesman.
The fact that this road runs ough some residential areas an indictment on the ional roadbuilding proimme."
'he ban comes after an offer m the FTA, to co-operate h the authorities in bannlarger vehicles from the ;te, was rejected.
7TA highways and traffic risor Richard Turner corn mented: "This would have dealt with most of the residents' complaints, but it was rejected because of legal delays.
"Re-routing lorry drivers from traditional trunk roads onto longer and more costly routes is a difficult operation at the best of times. Trying to achieve it with a scheme that they will find difficult to understand could prove impossible."
The official announcement of the plan is to be made by the Council next Friday when the draft orders are published.