RHA praises Doncaster Council approach to lorry parking

Commercial Motor

December 15, 2009

The Road Haulage Association says it is delighted that a South Yorkshire council has already approached it for help in providing a lorry park after the government published a report on the issue.

RHA infrastructure manager Chrys Rampley says Doncaster Council has a relatively new mayor keen to tackle the problem of lorries parking in unsuitable areas.

Last month, the Department for Transport published a strategy document that outlined its intention to tackle the lack of secure lorry parks in the country.

Transport minister Paul Clark says it will provide guidance to councils and also increase coverage of them in the local planning documents so their provision is not overlooked.

Rampley says: "I am quite chuffed that we have already had a couple of inquiries. Doncaster Council is looking at what they can do; they think they have a problem.

"They have been in touch with me for help and advice. The mayor is quite keen to do bits and pieces."

Doncaster's mayor, Peter Davies, does not list lorry parking as a priority on his website, but a council spokesman says: "We are currently in the process of looking at lorry parking provision across the borough."

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