Fuel price protests set for 2 July
Author: MotorTorque Team
Published: 01 July 2008
Wednesday 2 July 2008 will see hauliers from all corners of the UK meet in London when members of the Road Haulage Association, the lobby group TransAction 2007, the Transport Association and other industry bodies make their voice heard.
Trucks from all parts of the country will make their way to the M40 Westway where, from 10.00hrs, in co-operation with the Metropolitan Police, they will park on a specially sectioned part of the motorway. (see attached map).
Groups of between 20 and 30 vehicles will then be marshalled on the A40, starting from the Marylebone Road side of the flyover.
From 10.30hrs, the first of these groups will be led en masse by a police motorcyclist down through the streets of the Capital to Westminster; the first convoy being expected to cross Westminster Bridge (from the south side) at approximately 10.45.
The planned route will be via Old Marylebone Rd > Edgware Road > Marble Arch > Park Lane > Hyde Park Corner > Grosvenor Place > Lower Grosvenor Place > Bressenden Place > Vauxhall Bridge Road > Bessborough Gardens > Vauxhall Bridge > Albert Embankment > Lambeth Palace Road > Westminster Bridge > Victoria Embankment .
In addition to the vehicle convoy, there will also be a 'foot' lobby of Parliament. Already hundreds of hauliers have written to their member of Parliament requesting a meeting on the afternoon of 2nd July.
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