RHA blasts Arun Council for HGV park code proposals

Apparently, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has blasted Arun Council in West Sussex for contemplating a difficult and rather complicated entry system to an HGV park as a means to oust travellers. The Westren Arun Area Committee decided on 29th October that the London Road HGV park in Bogner Regis might ultimately have barriers implemented, which only allow a driver access after entering a code.

Moreover, a spokeswoman for Arun District Council stated that the motive is not to increase car spaces for students of the University of Chichester, which is next to the site, but purely to keep out travellers who use the spaces quite frequently. Yet, Chrys Rampley, Infrastructure Manager for the Road Haulage Association, is concerned about how codes would be issued, including all the difficulties that HGV drivers will probably have to face and deal with, as they would be more or less obliged to handle these codes when accessing the HGV park.

Nonetheless, the Arun District Council has not yet examined the technical aspects of how the barriers would work. However, Rampley stresses that the RHA must indeed work alongside them. Apart from all that, she also believes that if the system is introduced, it must be a simple one, and HGVs must not end up having to park on residential streets.