EPPING FOREST District Council,which admitted this week that it will
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not replace a truck park in Loughton, Essex, is now threatening to introduce overnight truck bans and weight restrictions to keep HGVs out of the area.
The move follows a controversial council decision to sell the lorry park site to developers who intend to turn it into office and industrial accommodation along with a car showroom.
Local residents had expressed concern about trucks using local roads to park when the site ck A council spokesperson "Whatever happens with thil no alternative provision wi made for lorry parking in Loug as we have been unable to fin alternative site in the district %I is both suitable and affordable -However, a usage surve the lorry park has shown the majority of its users are local and the principal usa. for overnight parking. Co quently, it is felt that deir is limited and the facility is essential to the local econoty The council has told resid that overnight truck bans or weight restrictions will introduced to prevent dri parking overnight on local rot.
• CM is investigating the F parking crisis in the UK — see special report on page 30.