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The RHA and a local haulier spoke up for Kate's Cabin, a popular café and place to stay for lorry drivers on the Al, at e recent Department of Transpol inquiry.
As a result, road access at three points for southbound traffic near Alwalton will not now be closed.
If the inquiry had upheld a proposal by the DTp to close three gaps, it is feared that Kate's Cabin Would have had1 close through lack of business George Mitchell, secretary 4 the RHA highways and traffic committee, told the inquiry tiu there is a real shortage of suitable overnight sleeping accommodation for drivers. Many cafés have been by-passed by new roads and, consequently have stopped trading.
J. W. B. Taylor, of E. G. Le( Ltd, told the inspector that the. gap nearest to Kate's Cabin ha a good accident record. If it ha to close, drivers, already facinj potential problems from the introduction of EEC drivers' hours regulations, would have to seek accommodation in nearby towns.