1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144 
Lorry ban trial madness
Page 12
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Council officials have slapped a lorry ban stretching only 12m along a road and now the police are refusing to enforce it.
The ban on 18-tonne vehicles runs between junction 19 of the M62 along the A6046 through Middleton, near Rochdale. Council officials claim hauliers were using the road as a 'rat run' to the new section of the M60.
The 18-month trial ends in April, but no-one knows how effective it has been as the police are not enforcing it. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police says: "We could not commit officers to enforce this ban."
The Road Haulage Association has asked Rochdale Council for evidence of the number of trucks using the road, and the damage they have caused, but has yet to receive a reply.
A spokeswoman the council says: "Objections have been received and the scheme is due to be reconsidered on 18 February"