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• 25-mile Limit on Hauliers Lifted After Seven Years
T°mORROW (Saturday), after restriction for seven years, the 25-mile radius limit on hauliers will be removed. There will then be some 63,000 private-enterprise vehicles available to undertake long journeys40,000 on A licences, 13,000 on contract A licences and-10,000 on special
A licences.
In addition, some of the 63,000 vehicles operated on B licences will be free to exceed 25 miles. B-licence vehicles will continue to be restricted to the radius specified in the conditions of tile licences. Hauliers who, to placate the railways or British Road Services, accepted a reduced radius of 25 miles or less will have to apply for variations of their
B licences to regain the right to exceed that distance.
The removal of the restriction may encourage some C-licensees to hand over work to contract 'A operators.
In an exclusive message to hauliers, Mr. James Barrie, national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, strikes an optimistic note for the future.