More " No Waiting" in London
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NEW restrictions on standing vehicles are to be introduced experimentally at a number of important points in Central London on October 17.
Vehicles will not be permitted to wait, even to load or unload, from Monday to Friday inclusive, from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. at points in the Metropolitan Police district, and from 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. at those in the City of London.
The restricted areas in the Metropoli
um Police district will be: St. Odes' Circus; Oxford Circus; Piccadilly Circus; Junction of Regent Street and Cavendish Place; junction of the Strand. Aldwycb and Lancaster -Place; Piccadilly between Berkeley Street and Old Bond Street; the Strand between Duncannon Street and Agar Street; and Euston Road between Cleveland Street and Tottenham Court Road.
In the City, the restrictions will apply to Fenchurch Street between Gracechurch Street and Lime Street; and Leadenhall Street between St. Mary Axe and Fenchurch Buildings.
Signs with black lettering on a yellow background within a red circle, reading "No loading or unloading" and giving the hours of the restrictions, will be used at the affected points. The signs will be surmounted by red globes.
A statement deploring the restrictions was issued by the Metropolitan Liaison Traffic Committee of the Traders' Road Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association on Monday.
"This must increase congestion in the banned area during the 4i hours left when loading and unloading will be allowed," said the statement. " It will also increase congestion on the fringe of the area when the ban is in force. Deliveries will therefore be less speedy and less efficient, with more vehicles being required to do the same work. "In the opinion of the committee, this again will he a further source of more congestion and higher delivery costs, which may ultimately affect the price of consumer goods."