e-petitions - Ban HGVs taking shortcuts through Potton, Sandy and Biggleswade

We the undersigned request and require Central Bedfordshire Council bring about a ban on vehicles over 7.5 tonnes using secondary freight routes passing through Sandy, Potton and Wrestlingworth on the B1042 and through Biggleswade and Potton on the B1040. We understand any such provision would not be able to apply to any vehicle delivering to the area in question and/or driving to/from a base/office in the area in question. These provision would also be used to ban such vehicles, which do not have business there, from passing through the villages of Everton, Dunton, Eyeworth, Wrestlingworth and Sutton.

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The proposed is considered necessary on the grounds of promoting road safety and improving the environment of the area. The proposed restriction would prohibit HGVs over 7.5 tonnes from using the roads in the zone in question. The proposal is primarily intended to protect residential streets and minor rural roads from extraneous HGV traffic. The restriction would force heavy goods vehicles to make use of the major road network in the area.