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• Brian Honey, transport engineering manager for the plant and transport division of ECC International, will now have a little extra help in keeping things running smoothly as the winner of the CM/BP Lucky Lube competition. His prize, a year's free lubricants for one truck, will be put to good use on one of ECC's long running 1628 Mercedes tractive units.
Chunnel checks
• Eurotunnel is carrying out tests to End out how easily passengers could escape from the Channel Tunnel in the event of an earthquake or bomb.
Ferry aid
• A working party has been set up to look at ways of keeping the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry route open — the service has been blighted by industrial disputes.
Al upgrade
• Two stretches of the Al — the Weatherby bypass and Bramham-Weatherby — are being upgraded as part of a plan to turn 145km of the road into motorway standard by the year 2000.
BP rise
• BP drivers' acceptance of a 4% wage increase — confirmed in a ballot result on 18 December — pushes earnings, including shift allowance, up to E359 per week.
Bank ban
• A 17-tonne lorry ban is in effect through the City of London's Bank Junction route.