Route call • London's red route network must provide adequate
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loading bays, should not impose restrictions before 08:00hrs, and must allow 30 minutes for loading to meet the needs of business and industry, says the FTA in its response to the Draft Network Plan.
Free fuel • Hauliers moving between EC member states are no longer restricted on the amount of fuel they can legally carry: the change comes as part of the Single Market Act.
Brick work • The distribution of bricks out of Tarmac's factory in Eaglescliffe, Middlesbrough has been shared between a dozen hauliers. The aggregates firm closed its in-house firm, Tees-side Carriers, last week (CM 31 Dec-6 Jan). Most of Tees-side Carriers' trucks have been bought by Somerset-based dealer Western Trailer Sales Hire.
Death crash • A Spanish truck driver whose artic killed the occupant of a stranded car on the A23 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex last Thursday night has been released on bail until 15 March after being charged with careless driving and two tachograph offences.
Budget plea • Diesel fuel tax and vehicle excise duty should be reduced in the next budget to ease the burden on industries dependent on road transport, according to the UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association in its pre-Budget submission to Chancellor Norman Lamont.