IN BRIEF
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• Spending on local roads will be increased by almost 10% to £360 million in 1987, according to the latest statement from Transport Secretary John Moore.
In addition to providing cash for 70 new road schemes and aid for 270 other projects already approved, the money will pay for the installation of crash barriers on almost every dual carriageway trunk route.
• South Midland, the former rural operating arm of City of Oxford, is expected to become the ninth NBC operating subsidiary to be sold off. South Midland currently runs 110 buses, coaches and minibuses from five depots in Oxfordshire. The company buy-out is being led by managing director Richard Bowler. South Midland has a staff of 160.
NI Complaints from freight forwarders and customs clearance agents have led to Sealink having to face an Office of Fair Trading inquiry early in the New Year.
The complaints are over charges levied by Sealink for customs clearance and commerical exit permits at the port of Holyhead.
• Owner driver Brian Coomber is still looking for his missing Volvo F7 stolen in Dartford, Kent, on November 3. The truck, registration number LWU 975V, has a lift-up rear axle and a bulk tipping body.