.orry ban signs ;prout in London
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ERATORS have just 27 s before they are forced to !ept the reality of the :ater London Council's ht and weekend ban for ies over 16.S tonnes.
he scheme — which has Lu a major source of ,mte between the Departlit of Transport (prodded by the transport industry) I the GLC — is finally fling into operation on Jany 31. This is just two mths before the GLC's
abolition on March 31.
This stark message was brought home to operators before Christmas, when the GLC erected the first of its 2,3(X) signs that will remind drivers of the ban.
While unveiiing the signtt Ealing Coininon, west London, GLC Transport Committee chair Dave Wetzel said. "It will give me great pleasure to erect this sign as it shows the dream of a nighttime lorry ban is at last to become a reality. Our ban will reduce the lorry nuisance by half and, as more lorries are fitted with hush-kits during the first year. Londoners will gradually benefit from less noise."
And he added: "I am confident that the ban will continue by popular demand after GLC abolition on March 31 as it will mean a quieter New Year for thousands of longsuffering residents.'' GLC Transport Committee Labour member, Gareth Daniel, who also attended the sign's unveiling, says that part of his party's campaign in the May local elections will be based on keeping the ban intact in all 33 London boroughs. The FTA is currently in the process of contacting all the London boroughs individually to ask for the ban to be withdrawn. However, both the FTA and RHA are advising their members who have not yet applied to the GLC for exemption permits to do so quickly.