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Report urges DfT to revive Lorry charging scheme
THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to go back to the drawing board on road pricing and consider reviving the idea of a Lorry Road User Charge (LRUC).
In the Department for Transport (DfT) annual report for 2007/8, the House of Commons Transport Committee says that because the Government has failed to introduce a national road pricing scheme, it should go back to look at the issue again. The report states: "In the absence of a national road pricing scheme for the foreseeable future, UK hauliers continue to pay towards the cost of maintaining the infrastructure, while their foreign competitors generally make no such contribution."
It goes on to say that the DfT must act to level the playing field. "Since a national road pricing scheme remains a distant prospect, we recommend that the department revives plans to set up a lorry road user charging scheme as soon as possible."
Geoff Dossetter, director of external affairs at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), says the key thing about the LRUC was the uncoupling of fuel duty for hauliers from that paid by the general public.