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• The result of a strike uailot by workers at Color Gas is expected tomorrow (9 Sept). The TGWU is balloting 370 drivers, plant and distribution workers at Color and 50 drivers at Calor Transport (CM 1-7 Sept).
• Leyland Trucks is spending £25m in the design, development and manufacture of an 11 -15-tonne range of trucks—the 55 Series. It will use the 45 Series cab.
• Leicester, with an average speed of 15.8mph, is the slowest town to drive during the rush-hour and Peterborough (36.8mph) the fastest, says the DOT.
• Eurotunrc hopes to be running a seven-day-a-week
freight crosH by October, once it has completed trials on passenger services over the weekends.
Blue Line Transport is building a truc.:stop Bridgend, Wales. The stop will be dedicated to LGV drivers and is expected to be open within two months.
• International transport journeys by UK registered HGVs have increased for the ninth successive year: last year's survey shows a 4% increase in tonnage carried from the UK.
• The Road Haulage Association is seeking a meeting to discuss the use of
belly to! ,n France with the French department of transport regional head Jacques Mutez.