FTA slams ban
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AN INDUSTRY spokesman lashed out this week at "premature and doctrinaire" action by the Greater London Council in imposing a North East London lorry ban before traffic has a chance to take avoiding action.
Freight Transport Association planning and traffic services manager Don McIntyre said it was wrong for the GLC to ban lorries at night from Graham Road, Hackney and Archway Road (Al) from January 25, the day the Al /M11 section of the M25 orbital route is opened.
He said the FTA had asked for a six month delay to give traffic a chance to move voluntarily on to the motorway.
Like the Road Haulage Association, the FTA's annoyance has been compounded by the GLC's decision to go ahead with the ban without any prior notification to the industry. The first notice they obtained was the inclusion of advertisements about the ban in last week's CM.