MacGregor moves to support pricing plan
26th November 1992, Page 6
26th November 1992
Page 6
Page 6, 26th November 1992
— MacGregor moves to support pricing plan
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Keywords :
Transportation Planning, Transport Economics, Sustainable Transport, Electronic Toll Collection, Road Pricing, Urban Studies And Planning, Traffic Congestion, Congestion Pricing, Politics, Business / Finance
• The Government is preparing the ground to introduce its controversial policy of road pricing, which could now be introduced by the end of the decade.
At a conference in London last week organised by the Public and Local Service Efficiency Campaign, Transport Secretary John MacGregor told delegates that road pricing could bring "substantial benefits" to business.
Companies were suffering dearly from congestion which was adding to their transport costs, he added.
Last month Roads and Traffic Minister Kenneth Carlisle said