HGV strategy accepted by Dublin City Council

Dublin City Councillors took an unexpected turn as they voted to introduce a complete ban on large lorries on roads around the city centre a year earlier than planned at a meeting on Monday evening April 11th.

Earlier, the councillors voted unanimously to accept the council’s strategy for heavy goods vehicles travelling in the city, while a proposal to extend the ban to smaller trucks has been deferred.
The strategy voted in will see trucks with five axles or more banned from using the city centre between 7am and 7pm. This will come into affect two months after the Port Tunnel opens.

Councillors raised concerns that unless the ruling was properly enforced, then it would be a total waste of time.
Hauliers are reported to be furious over the local authority’s decision and there is a possibility that they may take legal action against the strategy.