Published: 24/01/12
We know from speaking with our clients that the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games will pose significant challenges for deliveries and fleet operators in and around London.
Help however is at hand - a widespread support package to help freight operators and their customers continue to operate effectively during the London 2012 Games was recently announced by TFL.
At the centre of the package, known as TfL's Freight Advice Programme, are 230 free workshops aimed at businesses in Games transport 'hot spot' areas which receive freight deliveries, and those companies that deliver to them.
The free workshops, which aim to attract businesses from across all sectors and will help them to plan and prepare, start on 30 January and run until the end of April.
Around 160 sessions will be held in London and 70 will be held outside the Capital, in cities including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Southampton which have a significant concentration of businesses supplying London.
Other areas which also generate a large number of freight movements into and out of the Capital will also be targeted, including Slough, Northampton, Chelmsford and Milton Keynes.
To apply for a free workshop place, businesses should visit tfl.gov.uk/2012 where there is a full list of workshop dates, times and locations. Businesses should email freight@tfl.gov.uk to book a place. Or those interested in fleet insurance then try Flint Insurance for more information.
TfL has also launched a new website to help anyone travelling around London during the games:
Get Ahead of the Games website has been launched, to help you to avoid travel hotspots. This has:
- An interactive map showing the impact on travel
- Details of key affected stations
- Information on the Games lanes, the Olympic Route Network (ORN), the Paralympic Road Network (PRN) and how road restrictions may affect you
- Days and times of events
- Travel tips to help you get around in London
For more information, visit GetAheadoftheGames.com
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