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Haulier backs calls for truck ban near school
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Southampton Container Logistics is in agreement with local residents. Chris 'Tindall reports.
A SOUTHAMPTON haulage company has sided with villagers angered by trucks using a route near a school—it says a ban should be introduced.
Villagers in Marchwood have been told by Hampshire County Council (HCC) that too few LGVs are using Hythe Road to justify restricting their movements. A survey by the HCC traffic management group found 90% of trucks used Jacobs Gutter Lane to reach the A326, rather than Hythe Road; it therefore recommended no action.
The long-running feud between residents and businesses running trucks out of the nearby Marchwood Industrial Estate has led to calls for LGVs to be banned from Hythe Road.
John Leath, transport manager for Southampton Container Logistics, which is based on the estate,says a ban should be enforced regardless of the number of truck movements:"I live in Marchwood: my wife works in the school. As far as I'm concerned, Jacobs Gutter Lane is the only arterial route to use to get into Marchwood. The other side of it, from the Hythe direction, takes you back through the school, which I wouldn't condone."
Dominic McGrath from the HCC traffic management group says: "It was a recommendation, not a decision. We were looking at it in terms of traffic generation, rather than in terms of traffic conditions along the stretch of road.
-The council did introduce restrictions for most of the village about two years ago. Whether to include Hythe Road within those was discussed at the time. The decision was it wasn't appropriate within the wider restrictions."