Large Goods Vehicles: Regulation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing enforcement of HGV restrictions.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Department keeps all policies under its remit affecting Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) under review, such as those on weights and dimensions. Local restrictions, such as access times for HGVs on certain routes, is a matter for the relevant transport authority (for example, National Highways in the case of the Strategic Road Network).
Enforcement is a matter for both the police and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The DVSA target their enforcement using a number of available tools to ensure that we do not place an unnecessary burden on compliant operators in the UK.
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