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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Hauliers have no-one to .1blame but themselves for the news that the

government is close to abandoning new roadbuilding projects. Though the economic pundits claim the Government is abandoning one road scheme after another in order to save money, the fact is that there is also a hidden agenda.

It is that this, the most unpopular Government for 60 years, sees opposition to road building as a vote winner. Whether we the hauliers agree with this is, sadly, irrelevant. The public is more aware of the environmental losses at Twyford Down than it is of the benefits of being able to buy apples in spring. It is more aware of the possibility of bronchitis and lung cancer now apparently caused by diesel fumes than it is of how much cheaper efficient haulage makes an item of flatpack furniture.

Whether we like it or not we are going to have to clean up our act and our image. Any move to do that, such as the combined FTA/RHA initiative, is to be welcomed. Len McCoy West London.

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