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'Amenity' attacks on the way

13th March 1970, Page 31
13th March 1970
Page 31
Page 31, 13th March 1970 — 'Amenity' attacks on the way
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• The constant stream of new legislation was making it hard for hauliers to keep rates steady, Mr E. W. Voller, area chairman, told members and guests at the RHA Metropolitan and South Eastern area banquet and ball in London on Monday.

Mr. Voller said that the amenity associations would no doubt soon be attacking the lorry in the name of European Conservation Year, citing noise, fumes and so on. He said they should remember that the lorry had in fact helped their cause. History books told of the filth and pollution which accumulated in the wake of the industrial revolution, and the lorry had been one of the principal means of disposing of this, and preventing much of its recurrence.