Lorries Continue To Ignore Delivery Ban
Tesco vehicles spotted parked on High Street in daytime again
Image© James Dixon (10.07am 12/5/16)
The supermarket company Tesco has continued to flout a ban on daytime deliveries on Putney High Street, but it is not alone.
Once again on Wednesday (11 May ) a Tesco lorry was spotted and photographed breaking the new rules stopping parking and/or loading and unloading in the high street between 7am and 7pm Monday to Saturday.
A delivery vehicle was also spotted on Thursday (12 May) this week ignoring the ban, but the business is not known, the sapling narrowly missed a nudge.
Image© James Dixon (10.07hrs 12/5/16)
The daytime delivery ban on Putney High Street was introduced by Wandsworth Council as part of their attempt to reduce the chronic air pollution. The road was recently revealed to be have one of the worst levels of air quality in the capital. Traffic jams caused by daytime deliveries were identified as a contributor to the high levels of pollution. It is believed that some local retailers have continued to flout the ban because the fines issued do not outweigh the cost of having to reschedule deliveries.
For more information about the work being carried out locally to improve air quality across the borough visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/airquality.
May 13, 2016
