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No stroll in the park
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I WRITE THIS LETTER in response to the parking article featuring the closure of the truck park at Loughton and the remarks made by the council (CM 2 October).
A survey of the park has shown that most of its users are not local. but unless the council allows transport companies in the area to use the site as an operating centre then the users will not be.
The restrictions within an Operator's Licence prohibit a vehicle being parked anywhere other than the 0-licence centre unless involved in transport operations or on an official night out away from the area.
Though I have never stopped for a night out at the truck park in question I did know of its whereabouts.
That brings about another observation: the site is only accessible from the M25 by driving through Loughton, as the Mll motorway junction that the truck park is built next to has no access road from the M25/M11 side (M11 south). It also has no access road to the Mll north (only south), thus meaning that unless a driver is exiting London from the north circular or is prepared to drive to the north circular and turn around and come back up then they will only reach the truck park via Loughton.
This area is an ideal place for a truckstop or service area, so I am extremely surprised, given the shortage of truck parking spaces available in the outer London area, and especially Essex, that the government can allow this to happen.
But then again, maybe lam not that surprised after all;there is plenty of money to splash out on travellers' sites on the outskirts of London. but not for those of us who are responsible for putting food on the shelves of the supermarkets.
1 note that the council is threatening to introduce overnight lorry bans too. Why not go for a complete truck ban and see how that affects the local economy?
These people obviously believe that the movement of goods manufactured in the area and shop supplies arrive by some other method than trucks.
Despite appeals to the government by the Drivers Action Movement and the British Parking Association.it seems that our government has deaf-ear syndrome.
John Hunt Bye-mail