It's a tonic
13th December 1980, Page 5
13th December 1980
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A TREMENDOUS tonic for i dustry. That was Freight Tran port Association director gener Hugh Featherstone's immedia reaction to the findings of ti Armitage report.
"We are delighted that Profe sor Armitage has found a fc mula to give Britain the econ mic benefits of the heavy lor without incurring any enviro mental drawback, and there is real prospect of environment improvement," he said.
He commented that the repc gave the Government a chan, of saving industry £500m a ye Of this, £250m would come fro a 5,000 vehicle reduction in ti number of lorries over the ne ten years, and £225m throu5 the recommended increases lorry speed limits.
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