• The 47 county highway authorities of England and Wales
2nd December 1993, Page 8
2nd December 1993
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are set to unanimously slam the Government's proposals for 214-tonners. The authorities claim that the planned system is too open to abuse by cowboy hauliers.
Oxfordshire County Council's assistant county surveyor, James Fletcher, warn:, that the new reg ulations will torpedo the Government's stated aim to encourage intermodal transport. Oxfordshire is asking the Government to make hauliers: • Use an adjacent railhead to the departure/delivery point; • Agree a route network with all of the appropriate highway authorities; • Display a large identification plate on the vehicle which states the vehicle is on a road/rail journey.