No Ban on Heavies
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A TTEMPTS to impose partial bans on "the movement a heavy goods /aides at week-ends and rush hours !ailed in the Commons last week.
Mr. Simon Wingfield Digby (Cons., Dorset West) claimed that the French :occluded certain forms of heavy goods oz-ies from the roads at week-ends, and iuggested that this move should be considered here.
Mr. John Hay, Parliamentary Secretary D the Ministry of Transport, said he mderstood that most other European :ountries, including France, did not have my such general restrictions. Since leavy goods traffic in this country was nuch less at week-ends than at other .imes, the Ministry was not prepared to mpose the restrictions suggested.
Mr. Marples, the Minister, did not give Iuite such a flat refusal when Mr. John )arker (Lab., Dagenham) asked him to :..onsult with industry to secure the withIrawal of heavy goods traffic from main .oads in and out of large towns' during he rush hours. " The movement of arge abnormal loads is already widely )rohibited in the major cities during norning and evening rush hours," )bserved Mr. Marples. "To extend this nohibition to all heavy goods traffic vould have serious implications for ndustn..r. "1 should be reluctant to take :his step until other proposals have been Further explored."