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THE PROPOSED 7.5-tonr weight limit on lorries enteri a 50 square mile area of Enfie and Barnet in North Lond looked set to be put on ice t week when it came up f discussion by the Greater Lo don Council.
The ban, which was appro towards the end of the foraConservative GLC's administ tion (CM, March 21), could ha embarrassed the new Lab council if it had been introdu in advance of its promised in iry into the possibilities of lar scale bans throughout its area GLC transport committ chair Dave Wetzel has be promising a scrupulously fair quiry into the pros and cons o lorry bans in the capital, and th, council has been asked to har! fire on this, potentially Britain' largest ban yet, until the GO inquiry has taken place.
The two main trade assOcia tions have reacted vditl controlled delight to the lke delay, especially as it will no be possible to judge whether th opening of the Al /A10 section c the M25 orbital route thi autumn will clear the traffi problems in Enfield and Barn( without any strict ban.
Freight Transport Associatio planning and traffic service controller Richard Turner tol CM: "It may well be that a carrc rather than a stick is needed t alleviate these traffic problem Let's tailor the cure to what I needed."
A Road Haulage Associatio spokesman, while welcomin the delay, did warn that the GL may only be clearing the decl for a far wider ban in the relal vely near future.