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VOSA issues cabotage warning Scots are paid more to cut pollution
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SCOTTISH OPERATORS will receive much bigger incentives to reduce truck pollution this year than their counterparts in England .
The Scottish Executive has allocated £1.44m to the Transport Energy CleanUp programme which is designed to reduce emission from commercial diesel vehicles.
Although the sum on offer is the same as last year when 354 trucks were upgraded through the CleanUp programme, the level of grants is higher than in England.
One example of this difference is the grant for retrofitting diesel particulate filters on medium-sized trucks. Scots will get £3,700, which is 60% more than in England. Operators in England may
also have to wait longer before receiving the grant because its total allocation of £7.5m is being released in chunks every two months (CM 27 May).
In Scotland the grants are awarded on a first-come, firstserved basis.
Ian Murdoch, manager of the programme in Scotland, says: "The CleanUp grants and advice programme will go a long way to help reduce emissions from some of the most polluting vehicles on our roads." Details of the funding and application process are available from TransportEnergy's hotline on 0845 6021425 or at www.trans portenergy.org.uk
VOSA warns a flagged out firm that it might be breaking the cabotage regulations. Jennifer Ball reports.
A CONTROVERSIAL Scottish operator has again become the target of the authorities amid concerns that it is flouting the cabotage rules.
In June 2001 Kilsyth Transport had its licence revoked for hours and tachograph offences, and for employing drivers who were claiming benefits.
Director George Brady was also banned from holding or obtaining a UK 0-licence for five years.
The firm then opened up Kilsyth Transport BY in Venlo, Holland. They also run Kilsyth Transport Services, which describes itself as "a road haulage company based in Scotland", although it appears its fleet is Dutch registered. However, in a recent letter to
Kilsyth Transport the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency warns that while foreign firms can carry out temporary cabotage operations in the UK, they can only do so for a month before heading home.
"It would appear that you may need to change your current operation in order to comply with this guidance. VOSA will therefore allow you a period of 12 weeks to make necessary changes," the letter continues. "We will then reinvestigate your operation to check that it fully complies with these regulations and any contraventions will be reported to the licensing authorities in your "We will then reinvestigate your operation to check that it fully complies with these regulations and any contraventions will be reported to the licensing authorities in your
home member state for them to take action." A VOSA spokeswoman says: "We investigate any possible inci
dents of people operating outside the regulations that are brought to our attention."
Kilsyth declined to comment.