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HGVs face new restrictions as local authority launches CCTV crackdown and £160 fines

Hemma Visavadia
Jul 9, 2026 at 07:40
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HGVs face new restrictions as local authority launches CCTV crackdown and £160 fines

HGVs have been warned of tougher restrictions after a local authority stepped up enforcement against lorry drivers breaking residential road rules. Wandsworth Council has announced it will be increasing CCTV monitoring across the borough to identify HGVs that ignore signs banning vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes from using certain residential streets. The crackdown follows complaints from residents who warned that large lorries have been using roads that are not designed to cope with regular HGV traffic. Enforcement is being focused on areas where there is evidence of repeated breaches, including Southfields, Putney, Earlsfield, Battersea, and Tooting. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Under the new rules, drivers who break the...

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