History of the scheme


The Greater London (Restriction of Goods Vehicles) Traffic Order applies in all 32 London boroughs and the City of London and includes many TfL roads. It allows for the control of heavy goods vehicle movement at night and at week-ends: 9pm to 7am every night, Monday evening to Saturday morning. Then from 1pm Saturday, through the whole of Sunday, to 7am again on Monday. These are the prescribed hours. Currently, 29 of the boroughs allow London Councils to enforce on their roads.

The Traffic Order is designed to ensure that goods vehicles above 18 tonnes cannot use the restricted roads controlled by the Order, during the prescribed hours, without permission. However, it specifies a network of roads (usually main roads and access roads to industrial estates) that are excluded from the Order. This network is commonly referred to as the Excluded Route Network (ERN). During the prescribed hours, to be compliant, goods vehicles with permission must travel along the ERN to the closest point to their destination then travel the shortest possible distance along non-ERN roads. Hauliers without permission cannot use non-ERN roads at all.

Decriminalised enforcement started in April 2004. From that point on the haulier and the driver no longer faced criminal prosecution, as under the civil regime they now receive Penalty Charge Notices (PCN).



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