Cumbria's permits
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CUMBRIA County Coun plans to introduce a pern cordon scheme for lorri using the A59I between Gil mere and Thurlmere, and encourage heavy vehicles use the upgraded A66.
The scheme, which will introduced in around months' time, will apply to lorries over three tons u laden, but there will exemptions for the 100 Ion a day which need access to area bounded by Barro Thurlmere, Kendal, and U1 water.
Permits will be allocated: vehicles which need regu access to the zone, and t Council is examining whet' it will be possible to allom permits to entire fleets whi are affected.
They would also be aye able to private householdi who need goods deliver from outside the area. Th could send them along w their order for goods.
Cumbria is introducing t scheme to meet local envirc mentalists' demands for trat to be diverted on to the A and says it expects it will 01 affect about 50 of the 150 1 ties which use the A591 evf day. The other 100 will be c■ ered by permits.
The plan is expected to c, about £5,000 to introduce, a amounts to a workable co promise between the needs industry and environment ists.
The County opted for I permit plan following Depe ment of Transport recommi dations that it should foil the example set by Berksh with the Windsor Cordon.