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HEAVY LORRY is here to stay. This is a view held by CM and our ers, To hear the sentiment expressed by the Civic Trust — a body not previously gnised for its acceptance of the heavy lorry — must give pleasure to us all.
e Trust has changed its tack and now is lobbying for more by-passes, instead of This is a solution which again we, the operators and the British Road Federation, t actively support.
iwever, the Trust's report — emotionally entitled By-passes and the Juggernaut — and Fiction — is likely to confuse the reader. It wants more by-passes but does not lie them to be the environmental panacea. It points out that much scenic, :ultural and pastoral land would be destroyed by the by-passes.
'let the Trust and other environmental groups either ignore or have failed to grasp is the human geography of Britain has changed since the invention of the internal bustion engine.
iile acknowledging the necessity for goods vehicles, the Trust's report bemoans the :hat railway and waterway freight facilities have not been fully exploited.
1-one, including haulage operators, wants to see our countryside scarred or defiled. ilso must accept that with the constantly changing pattern of life, the improving lard of living and the demands of the public for service, road transport must be mmodated and appreciated — not merely tolerated. ) welcome the Trust's plea for more by-passes. pplaud their initiative and we pledge our support leir campaign to improve the infrastructure.