Minister 'Backs' RCA. Resolutions
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THE Road Haulage Association's awareness, as reflected in a conference resolution, of the advantages of organized co-operation for smaller units in the industry, is welcomed by the Minister of Transport, who believes that such co-operation might be vital in achieving the highest efficiency. Mr. Marples puts this view in a message he has written for the R.H.A. conference handbook; in which he says it is good to see the growth, by a quarter since 1958, of the freight movements by road hauliers, and comments that the country benefits from their ability to offer a highly flexible and efficient service. He also welcomes the moves towards road-rail co-operation, saying the Government believes in co-ordination of transport " and congratulates the Association on its independent licensing inquiry, which the Geddes Committee "are
bound to be deeply interested in. . ."
Mr. Marples points out that co-operation among the , smaller haulage Unit could enable them, wi well as the larger firms, to take advantage of the new tools which research and development were putting into hauliers' hands.
2s. ed. for Forth Toll ? NitOTORISTS arid road transport IPvehicles will have to pay a flat toll of 2s, 6d. to cross the Forth Road Bridge if 'recommendations made by the Woad Bridge Board are accepted by the Secretary of State for Scotland. . Meeting last Week, the Board voted by 10-3 that 2s, 6d. should be the toll on all vehicles. A Minority voted for higher charges.