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RSUING its campaign on town cordons the FTA has sent a ▪ page report to Canterbury City Council in which it has I them to 'think again on its proposed road bans. The ort was a response to the Council's plan to pedestrianise major shopping streets in central Canterbury. The scheme uld involve a total ban on traffic between 10 am and 4 pm nday to Saturday which, says the Association, would erely restrict the delivery of goods to the shops.
nstead of a complete ban on pecially those who come from fic, the report recommends a the Midlands and the North.
.u.vice-only" precinct and Even the banks would be cut off
n suggests it cover a much during the day.'"
er area, ."This would achieve stantial improvements to lestrian amenity over a larger 3 than is currently proposed uding the area adjacent to
Cathedral and King's iool".
ihe FTA adds that it is not osed to the idea of giving )rity to pedestrians. "We ild like to have given the eme our fullest support bese we believe pedestrianise is good for everyone — lestrians and traders alike. we have done a great deal of nework on this scheme, iniing surveys and questionres, to see just how the ma's plans will affect the the goods reach the shops. re is no doubt the scheme create serious problems for iy suppliers and carriers, es The report adds that with restrictions elsewhere in Kent together with lower limits on lorry drivers' hours, the Canterbury closures would create conditions totally unfavourable to many suppliers.
The FTA emphasises that the major benefits will come from the removal of the non-essential through traffic and reminds the Council that "service-onlyprecincts have worked well in other towns. "We firmly believe there is even a better solution to the problems of traffic in Canterbury and we can only hope that the Council will think again."
The Canterbury Public Works Committee meets on June 9 to consider objections to the scheme and to decide whether to introduce it.