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• Investigate lorry parking demand requirements to 2019 this will
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include mapping parking hotspots based on demand and capability issues, and determine the strategy as it is implemented across the UK • Define lorry parking provision at national, regional and local levels local councils will be encouraged by the DfT to consider and support the needs for truck parking when it is required.
• Produce best practice guidelines the DfT will define operator and driver responsibilities for truck parking, and will analyse forward planning methods and expense payment structures.
• Improve the stability of the lorry parking business and encourage new developments in addition to improving the stability, ways to avoid closures will also be addressed. The intention is to make the lorry parking business a far more financially sustainable industry.
• Increase awareness of existing lorry parking sites so-called 'inappropriate parking sites will be reduced, and areas in the greatest need of truck parking facilities will be identified. The DfT claims that this will indirectly increase compliance with the Working Time Drective.
• Encourage the development of secure truck parking sites -this will not only improve the safety of drivers and lorry parking site staff, but also reduce crime and, according to the DfT, terrorist opportunities. It will also look to engage further with the EU Secure European Truck Parking Operational Services project.