COUNTY Hall is demanding urgent action from the Government following yesterdays tailbacks on the A12.
Essex County Councillor Rodney Bass,in charge of Highways and Transportation wants to see a ban on lorries overtaking on the road.
He said: “We are disappointed and frustrated that people are being held up and the Essex economy is being damaged by incidents involving lorries and sheer bad driving for which there is no justification.
“We are calling again on the Highways Agency to immediately introduce an overtaking ban on the A12 for lorries between 6am and 8pm.
“The overtaking ban on the M11 between junctions 8 and 9 should be immediately reinstated and lorries should be held to the nearside 2 lanes of the 4 lanes carriageways on the Essex stretch of the M25.”
A ban on lorries overtaking on the A130 is now also being considered by Essex County Council following today’s incident.
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