1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140 
the agony in Southampton
Page 8
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Truck drivers in Southampton face more parking nightmares with the loss of spaces in the docks, following the planned axing of a large parking area just outside the port.
A new swipe-card system to Improve security on one of the dockside berths involves shutting a nearby overnight parking area for some 60 HGVs. This follows a 500-haulier petition for a new park to replace Lorraine's in Anderson's Road which is scheduled for closure late this year (0114-20 Feb).
MGM Haulage owner Malcolm Millard says: "The area is now used for more container storage. Wherever you go secure parking is being shut and lay-by crimes on trucks are increasing,"
Southampton Container Terminals could not be contacted and the Association of British Ports declined to comment on the closure.
Publican Geoff Bailey, who drew up the Lorraine's truck park petition, says he has met and won over Tory MEP Roy Perry and the Labour MP for Southampton Test, Alan Whitehead. Bailey plans to hand his petition to the local authority on 20 March,
The Drivers' Action Movement is also backing the campaign. It has sent a survey of 37 councils to ministers and is finalising details of a forum with the Highways Agency. DAM secretary Jack Crossfield says: We need to see joint ventures involving government support, insurance companies, local businesses and councils."
The DAM survey reveals that more than 100 councils have no parking provision and only 27 plan to create any. According to the survey, overnight truck parking charges round the country range from £1.50 to £10.70.