RHA: ‘Make Olympic truck zone permanent’

Commercial Motor

June 17, 2009

The RHA has called for a truck holding area - designed to support the construction of the 2012 London Olympics - to be turned into a permanent truckstop following the games.

Chrys Rampley, manager, infrastructure, environment and business affairs at the RHA, says the site in Chigwell, Essex, just off the M11 motorway, which has room for 129 trucks, could be an important "legacy project".

Drivers book in their vehicles at the DHL-run centre and give details about their cargo. They then wait in a holding pen before leaving to make deliveries to the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

Rampley adds: "This area was earmarked for a motorway service area and I think it would be crazy if it went back to being a brownfield site. You've got the Port of Tilbury nearby, as well as central London. We are lobbying to ensure this becomes a lorry park."

Related used vehicles for sale

london

About the Author

Commercial Motor

Commercialmotor.com is the online presence for Commercial Motor magazine, the world’s oldest magazine dedicated to the commercial vehicle industry.

Share this article

DAF LF 210 - 15 TON GVW INSULATED FRIDGE - EURO 6 - R051

POA

Year: 2022 | Body Type: Temperature controlled | Cab Type: Day | Category: Rigids | Make: DAF

MAN TGX 26.510 6x2 2 BL SA

£47,100

ex VAT

Year: 2022 | Body Type: Tractor unit | Cab Type: GX | Mileage: 315,315 km | Power: 375 bhp | Category: Tractor units

DAF LF 260 - 18 TON GVW SCAFFOLD STANDARD SPEC - EURO 6 - R094

POA

Year: 2022 | Cab Type: Day | Category: Rigids | Make: DAF | Model: LF

More stories

Camden suspends 1.3% PCN credit card charge

The London Borough of Camden has temporarily suspended the 1.3% fee it has been charging since the start of the year on penalty charge notices (PCNs) paid via credit cards.At the time, the FTA branded the 1.3% charge as "cheeky and underhand", while the Brewery Logistics Group (BLG) felt it was illegal and advised its members to appeal all PCNs issued by Camden on this ground.

News - Commercial Motor

Innes loses bid for return of impounded vehicle

Huntly, Aberdeenshire- based James Innes, trading as James C Innes & Sons, has lost his bid for the return of an impounded vehicle. The truck was found to be operating following the revocation of his licence in March 2008 (MT 10 April).On 8 April, the vehicle was stopped by police. The driver produced a Northern Ireland authorisation for Magee Haulage of County Tyrone and said that the vehicle was leased by Innes to Magee. A delivery note from James Jones & Sons listed the haulier as ...

News - Commercial Motor

Air freshener worth £10,000 stolen from parked-up truck

A load of air fresheners valued at £10,000 was stolen from a lorry parked in a Doncaster industrial estate while the Hungarian driver slept in his cab.The HGV was raided on the Brunel Industrial Estate, Harworth, on 7 June; thieves made away with 1,000 boxes of Airwick air fresheners.Nottinghamshire Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft to come forward.

News - Commercial Motor

VEHICLE QUICKLINKS

axle

4x2

4x4

6x2

6x4

6x6

8x2

8x4

bodytype

Beavertail

Crane

Flatbed

Panel van

Road sweeper

Tanker

Tipper

cabtype

Day

Sleeper

Crewcab

Low entry

Emissions

Euro 3

Euro 4

Euro 5

Euro 6

Vehicle Type

Tractor units

Rigids

Trailers

Vans

Specialist

make

DAF

Isuzu Truck

Iveco

MAN

Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Renault Trucks

Scania

Volvo

model

Actros

Canter

CF

Eurocargo

FH

LF

R-Series

;