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f readers can rest assured that ! watchdogs are already 3ping a close watch on the !aping proliferation of lorry trictions (Editorial, May 16). :very proposal — they
3rage 3040 a week — is 3cked by FTA's central and pional traffic staff. We find it 3essary to take action, ranging
m discussions with the local :hority to full use of the tutory objection procedures, about ten per cent of the ;es.
knd these figures would be nificantly higher if it were not the fact that most local :horities consult us about 5sible effects on trade and lustry before publishing ban )posals, n addition each month we blish a "Traffic Digest" listing )posed schemes and setting t the results of FTA action. )ne of our main worries in area is the whittling away 3r the years of the statutory eguards for operators rtained in traffic legislation. .big problem is the
(peri mental scheme" which esteps the need for a public luiry and can last for up to 18 inths.