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• A multi-agency check between J13 and 115 on the M6 last week resulted in 14 drivers being sent to Mid Staffordshire Magistrates Court and 69 of the 110 trucks stopped being found faulty.
The average time small and medium-sized businesses have to wait for settlement of their bills is 52.8 days, which compares with an average 60 days in 1990, says the Confederation of British Industry.
• The International Road Transport Union says The European Commission has under-estimated the cost of equipping the European truck parc with -lack box" tachographs by £790m. The IRU says the change will cost £2.77bn.
• Roads pressure group the British Road Federation says
traffic congeswould be 17% worse under plans outlined in the Royal Commission's environmental report.
k, The Queen's Speech last week outlined proposals to the M2 in Kent to four lanes between J 1 (A2) and J3 (A229) and to three lanes between J3 and J4 (A2781
• Dorking-based
Logistics has made its second major acquisition this year with its takeover of Combernauld-based paper distribution and warehouse specialist AM Transport (Shafts) • More than one in two drivers dislike driving or motorways—and more than one in three consider them unsafe, says a survey by the Welcome Break Service Areas this week.