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GLC traffic package attacked
Page 45
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• Grave concern over some of the GLC's proposals for transport in London have been expressed this week by the RHA and the FT A .
The five-point package — approved in principle at a 12-hour meeting of the Greater London Council on Tuesday — is Labour's answer to the defunct ringway plan.
Labour want to provide 34,000 more car parking spaces at outer London stations, ban heavy lorries travelling through the area bounded by the North and South Circular Roads, introduce a network of express buses (see page 48), more bus lanes, more use of canals and railways, and tougher curbs for motorists.
Moon Drop exercise They want to look again at the Moon Drop exercise — deliveries out of normal hours — and to investigate "urgently" a permit system for lorries which have to deliver in Central London.
But these are general principles and Labour have now to get down and work out the practical details.
It is these which could worry both trade organizations: a spokesman for the FTA told CM on Wednesday: "We are concerned over what we have heard of this plan so far. We will be seeking "cry detailed clarification of it."
The RHA spokesman wondered how "on earth" the GLC would get a workable permit system and he added that the RHA would be seeking consultations with the GLC.
Both organizations expressed doubts about the viability of the "no go" areas. If you ban traffic from one area, you must give them adequate alternatives, and the North and South Circular Roads cannot cope with the present volume of traffic, they say.
The GLC's first steps have been to set up a Freight Unit which will look at the movement of freight traffic and the Moon Drop exercise.
The GLC is also setting up a study group with the British Waterways Board to examine the potential of canal transport in West London.
London's first lorry ban will come in during October, when vehicles over 40ft long will be excluded from an area bounded by the main railways Stations.