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• The Highways Agency has opened a unit to help it develop an "environmental Orate:: " for the planning, construction and maintenance of Britain's trunk road and motorway network.
The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to recommend by Easter the level of legal action to take against five ex-employees of Leeds freight forwarders South Elmsall-based Allied Imports and AKcent Europa • More than 20 drivers face redundancy from Unigate Doirie, unless the company can find them alternative work when it closes its milk distribution depot at Porth in Wales next month.
Britain's EU partners are using their domestic Construction & Use regulations to delay or block UK trailer imports, while taking advantage of easy access to the British market, says the Commercial Trailer Association.
• A truckstop with space for 28 trucks has opened on the Al 4/A134 interchangat Rough= Hill near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It sells refreshments from 06:30hrs to 19:00hrs.
The operator of the Severn Bridge is warning truck drivers stick to the speed limits to avoid their vehicles being blown over when crossing in windy conditions.
The young driver scheme, which allowed 18-year-olds to learn to drive trucks, could be re-launched next year by the Road Haulage & Distribution Training Council. Contact David Scott at RHDTC on (0923) 858461.