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More trucks means a need for more roads
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A RISE IN freight traffic during the fourth quarter of 2004 has prompted a trade association to call for greater investment in the road network.
The Department for Transport report Road Traffic Statistics: Q4 2004 shows goods vehicle traffic rose by 5 'YU over the same period of 2003. This includes a 5% increase in trucks on motorways,and 4% and 10% rises on rural A-roads and urban A-roads respectively.
Freight Transport Association spokesman A Dosseff Geoff Dossetter says: "Th increase in truck traffic can h attributed to growth in the econ omy.These figures will continue ti grow over the next 10 years an' highlights the need for extr capacity on the road network order to support the world's fourt largest economy."
In the fourth quarte trucks travelled 123. million vehicle-kilome tres, compared with 117. million a year earlie Light vans did 149.8 mil lion, compared with 141. er Gmwth million in 2003.