l HE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has blasted Arun District
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Council in West Sussex for contemplating a complicated entry system to a lorry park as a means of barring travellers.
The London Road coach and lorry park in Bognor Regis may have barriers implemented which only allow a driver access after entering a code, the Western Arun Area Committee decided on 29 October.
A spokeswoman for Arun District Council says the motive is not to increase car spaces for students of the University of Chichester — which is next to the site — but to keep out travellers who frequently use the spaces.
The RHA's manager of infrastructure, Chrys Rampley, is concerned about how codes would be issued. "Who is going to issue codes and how? I think they are making life complicated for themselves.
The council has not examined the technical aspects of how the barriers would work, but Rampley stresses the RHA must work alongside it. She believes that if the system is introduced, it must be simple, and HGVs must not end up having to park on residential streets.