• The bill to allow privately financed toll roads and to improve the co-ordination of street works has become law.
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General cabotage • New plans for the "generalisation" of road cabotage throughout the EC are to be unveiled by September at the latest, according to EC Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert.
Marling slumps • A slump in sales from Congleton bodybuilder Boalloy has contributed to a fall in parent group Marling's profits from £7.5m to £3.6m.
Morris move • Newent, Glos-based Glyn Morris is selling its 28-year-old haulage and truck repair business.
Tug ahoy • The Transport Users Group is offering members a 10% discount on Sealink ferry crossings.
Freight brains • BRS is to sponsor a chair in freight transport at Central London Polytechnic.
Pay cuts • Wage freezes and low-pay deals imposed by hard-pressed hauliers are "tantamount to truck drivers subsidising their own companies", says TGWU south-east London district officer John Millichope. He claims that while drivers wages have fallen in real terms, transport managers' salaries have increased by 10%.
Services stopped • The Government has rejected plans for two new service areas on the M40.