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London freigk 'will be betel
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GREATER London Council has pledged itself to improve road freight companies' operating conditions in a policy document Freight Policy in London released last week.
Acknowledging that road transport plays the major part In serving London's freight needs, it proposes that improvements he made to roads and to their management in order to serve industry and commerce.
Main arterial routes will be given particular attention and new industrial premises will be sited, wherever possible, at points with good road or rail access.
GLC reaffirms its faith in such large freight complexes as that being built at Neasden in North London. It combines rail freight facilities with parking areas, security patrols, hostel, canteen, fuel ling, plant hire, pallet pool, freight forwarding, and customs clearance facilities.
At a lower level, the common user freight centre for small hauliers at Purley Way, Croydon is viewed with GLC favour and has been followed by another at Tufnell Park. Ten more are in the pipeline once negotiations are completed.
It also recognises that facilities for lorry drivers have deteriorated as car drivers' needs have been served, and GLC proposes to invest in cafe facilities at freight terminals.
Lorry routes are rejected by the council as impractical due to the lack of a proper trunk road by-pass to the capital. But it sees them as an answer once the M25 orbital motorway is completed, provided that large• scale restrictions are not operated.
It sees lorry route restric tions as being most effec when used to ease local blems, such as "rat-runs residential areas, but in that they should be desil to make ample provisior servicing.
The council is also i cerned about the im. which goods vehicles I upon the environment recommends further dev( ment of battery electric liquid petroleum gas var reduce noise and vibratior Introducing the report,1 controller of planning transportation F. B. Po says he hopes it will be us( a basis for joint action to industry and the environn "I hope that all those read this booklet will see an indication of the resolv all interests to improve economic and environmE well-being of London."