A shop owner has been forced to use a horse and cart for his deliveries due to council-enforced bus gate restrictions.
John Ball, owner of Cut Price Carpets in Cambridge, has been using his two-year-old horse Sybil to transport his carpets to customers over the popular Mill Road Bridge.
A controversial Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) - approved last October - was introduced on the bridge in March, banning nearly all motor vehicles from using the bridge and leading to the installment of a bus gate.
Any owner of an unregistered vehicle found to be crossing the bridge is slapped with a £70 fine, enforced by ANPR cameras, with more than 4,600 fines issued in its first seven weeks.
Mr Ball described the new restriction of the city-centre bridge, which has divided locals and caused furious debate, as 'devastating' for his business.
