'New roads answer to Windsor Cordon'
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HIGH Court decision to thold the imposition of the 'indsor Cordon traffic heme merely means that affic problems will be moved equally sensitive areas sewhere, says a statement am the losing applicants.
The Road Haulage Associa3n, the Freight Transport isociation and the National irmers' Union, who took lot action against the Berklire County Council over the heme, say that significant relief from lorry traffic can only be achieved by improving the road network.
Government research, say the three, has already shown that the scheme is costing local trade and industry — and the consumer — in the region of E500,01:10 a year plus considerable inconvenience for the area's lorry operators.
And the three bodies say that they will continue to fight the imposition of any similar bans on traffic in other areas which do not achieve any environmental benefit or are so costly as to be unrealistic or inconvenient to operate.
A statement issued by the three says that they consider the Windsor Cordon to be unique both scale and effect because it was the first time that any local authority has acted to seal off a network of roads from certain classes of vehicles.
The effect came from sealing off short lengths of 12 roads on routes to the south of Windsor.