LBTH urged to support Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling

Submitted by owen on 20 March 2013
LBTH urged to support Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling. Photo Chas, pressmen.co.uk

Representatives from Tower Hamlets Wheelers and the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) today urged LB Tower Hamlets to publicly engage and lead on reducing the danger from lorries in the borough.

Meeting outside the Town Hall, a letter was handed to Councillor Shahid Ali, Cabinet Member for Environment and Jamie Blake, Director Public Realm asking for the council's support of the LCC's Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling pledge.

The letter highlighted that large lorries are involved in about half the cyclist fatalities in London and in the past two years, five out of the fourteen cyclist deaths involving large lorries happened in LB Tower Hamlets.

At the start of the Safer Lorries campaign, an initial assessment by the LCC of each London borough regarding their commitment to lorry safety gave Tower Hamlets the lowest ranking. With the delivery of today's letter, Wheelers and LCC have now opened a dialogue with the council to work towards improving this ranking and ultimately supporting this campaign's pledge.

Photo by Chas.

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