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Cit Surveys Spending Gap
• Senior professionals within the transport industry believe that investment has failed to match the growth in transport demand, says a Chartered Institute of Transport survey.......
Traffic Jams
• Latest DTp figures predict that road traffic will grow by a maximum of 2.5% in 1990 and 2.2% in 1991. For the past five years, traffic has been increasing by an average of......
Weight Veto Ends In '96
• The EC Commission says that Britain's derogation permitting lower weights for two, three and four-axle lorries should end on 31 December 1996. It has decided not to follow......
Eagle Flies To End Euro Green Card
• Eagle Star has launched a European-wide fleet vehicle insurance scheme. From 1 May, policy holders operating overseas will not need "Green Card" cover.......
Eagle Star
Eagle Star commercial motor manager Fred Whitworth says: "The new package reduces administration and will be a real help to fleet managers and those drivers travelling beyond......
Hitches In Ec Harmony
• Several obstacles remain for British hauliers if they are to take advantage of the "considerable" opportunities for expansion abroad following 1992, according to a report......
More In Mersey
• Mersey Tunnel tolls will go up in about a month following a Department of Transport public inquiry. HGVs over 7.5 tonnes will pay 21.80, up 60p. A new category of light goods......
Strategic Attack
• The Association of London Authorities has attacked the Government's draft Strategic Planning Guidance for London. It says that by planning to build more roads, the Government......
Poor Show
• Poor pay is delaying road maintenance. North Yorkshire's deputy county surveyor Michael Moore says there are 56 vacancies in his maintenance department and alleges that the......
Time To Toll
• From 1 May tolls will be levied on every Hungarian motorway.......
Containing Delays At Seaforth Docks
• Delays at Liverpool's Royal Seaforth Container Terminal should be resolved soon, says Bill Bowley, secretary of Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, who blames delays since the......