Three days after it began, supermarket chain Tesco has flouted a ban on lorries and vans making deliveries in Putney High Street.
In a bid to reduce congestion and improve air quality, Wandsworth Council announced that HGVs and vans would be prevented from stopping to load or unload between 7am and 7pm from Monday to Saturday, from January 11.
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Eagle-eyed members of the Putney Society spotted a Tesco lorry unloading a delivery in front of the Putney High Street store around 2.30pm on Thursday, January 14.
A spokesman for Wandsworth Council said: "We will be raising this with Tesco and reminding them of the new rules and their corporate responsibility to support our efforts to improve traffic flow and air quality in Putney High Street."
Tesco clearly not committed to reduce pollution in Putney High St. 2 days post 7am to 7pm delivery ban - taken 14.30 pic.twitter.com/KwqzmAJPHB
— The Putney Society (@putneysociety) January 14, 2016
A spokesman from Tesco said: "We do our best to be a good neighbour and have reiterated the new delivery restrictions to our depots and drivers."
The ban was announced in November, but it was revealed on January 8 that Putney High Street breached the European-wide legal ceiling on concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) for the nineteenth time since January 1.
This meant it breached the legal annual limit of NO2.
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