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Year reprieve from Manchester C-charge
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By Roanna Avison
HAULIERS WILL not have to pay the Manchester congestion charge while a study into its impact on freight is carried out.
The 12-month concession came after feedback from the industry during the consultation process and pressure from the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
Geoff Dunning, northern director at the RHA, has been -2 working with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities g(AGMA) has got an agreement that trucks aren't the same as cars. "We were told cars and trucks are all traffic and would be treated the same. Getting Manchester to see that trucks are different and react to different issues is a positive step."
Last week, AGMA decided to defer payment for trucks for the first year of the scheme, should it be given the go-ahead, after a referendum next month.
James Wilkinson. managing director at Austin Wilkinson & Sons, says that trucks "not only in Greater Manchester, but all over the country" should be supported to "promote a reduction of general inflation, whereas another tax, no matter how it is imposed, only puts up the price of goods for the consumer".
Breaking news
Shadow transport minister Stephen Hammond has said that a future Conservative government would not resurrect plans for a lorry road user charge. He says: "Foreign competitors are a problem for British hauliers, and too many family run businesses are falling by the wayside."
Paul Clark, transport under secretar"; retorted to Hammond's comments by saying that road user charging policies should remain in the hands of local government.
• For more from the road pricing conference, see CM next week.