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TRANSPORT Secretary 0 Howell linked the need for r new roads with better contr lorries when he opened Stockport bypass.
New roads and better lo are essential to the ecorn and environmental well-beir communities throughout country, he said.
"High quality new roads! as this one are vital to our nomic development. Suc large proportion of go shipments now travels by ro Mr Howell said that thel..1F developed in a manner suit( road freight transport at thr pense of the rail network. Sc Government's package of r sures to civilise the heavy is vitally needed, for the sal the environment and industr "We need more new roac take lorry traffic away from suitable areas, and more ri controls to direct it where it do less damage.
"We need a more sor ticated taxation system to re more accurately the costs w the heavier lorries impose or community, and we need ar hanced capability to enf lorry loading and safety s dards."
Increased payloads needed to compete on ei terms with Europe and to I the minimum number of I journeys on the roads, he sai The 4.6 km (2.6 m Stockport bypass cost £26m is part of the M63. It form: east-west bypass of Stock and extends the southern tion of the Manchester 0 Ring Road as far as Portwoor