Carehom-based haulier Bob Maddison says Labour's plans to double long-haul rail freight will make little ▪ difference: "Some
21st July 1994, Page 8
21st July 1994
Page 8
Page 8, 21st July 1994
— Carehom-based haulier Bob Maddison says Labour's plans to double long-haul rail freight will make little ▪ difference: "Some
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Freight Train, Trains, Rail Transport, Cargo, Haulage, Truck, Disaster / Accident, Environment
83% of freight goes by MADO road," he says. "Even if they could double long-haul rail freight, the vast majority of freight goes less than 1 50 miles."
Cuts in the road building programme will increase pollution, he says. Villages and small towns need bypasses because trucks and cars stuck in jams damage the environment.