| Topic: | Re:Low-traffic zones unlawful, High Court rules | |
| Posted by: | Michael Robinson | |
| Date/Time: | 06/03/26 12:45:00 |
| Of course, you haven't explained the reasoning behind the court's ruling. The schemes were put in place by a Labour administration in Croydon which was subsequently replaced by a Conservative administration at a following election. The Conservative leader of Croydon was repeatedly asked why he wasn't removing the schemes when he had opposed them, so he came up with the reason that they needed them for the money. He couldn't admit that there may be benefits for reducing traffic. Other than demonstrating the Conservative leader of Croydon isn't very clever to get the council into what the judge described as a "procedural dog's breakfast", I don't see any implications for other councils unless they have an equally stupid leader (which some undoubtedly will have). All a council needs to do is have a policy for reducing traffic in residential areas then assuming they follow proper process for introducing the LTN, there isn't anything a court can do because it isn't up to the court to determine council policy for this. |