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• ETA director-general Garry Turvey is urging Chancellor Nigel Lawson to authorise enough money to more than double the road building programme, as set out in the White Paper on roads (CM 18-24 May).
The Dip says that the 212 billion in the White Paper is only a "benchmark figure over 10 years." It will not comment on reports that the Treasury wants Parkinson to delay the road building programme and halve rail spending.
The F1'A says that the Chancellor should increase road infrastructure investment by 20% for each of the next five years.
Li The FTA has replied to the Department of Health's consultation document on food hygiene for delivery vehicles.
Proposals to exempt vehicles below 16 tonnes GVW are completely unjustified, it says. Temperature monitoring equipment in vehicles should be encouraged, and any changes should be implemented gradually to avoid a dramatic impact on operators' costs, urges the FTA. The Association has also urged Customs and Excise to bring forward the introduction of computerised VAT certifi cates to reduce industry cos — but Customs says it has i funds to meet the costs of tl change, and even if it had, it would be April 1990 before 1 software could be in place.