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• Work Will Start Shortly On The M20's "missing Link"
between Maidstone and Ashford in Kent in January, according to the Department of Transport. When completed, the 80.5Iun M20 will link Swanley to Folkestone and the Channel......
Vw Audi Group: Woolcock New Man For Man
• Robin Woolcock is to take over from Richard Ide as commercial vehicle director of Volkswagen Audi Group (UK), sole importer of Volkswagens, Audis and MANs into Britain. Ide ha......
Job Prospects Take A Plunge
• Gloomier job prospects in road transport are forecast for 1989 in the latest survey by Manpower, the parent company of the transport recruitment agency Overdrive. As many as......
London Drivers Set To Reject E8.50 Pay Deal
• Truck drivers in London are set to reject a Road Haulage Association pay offer of £8.50. Shop stewards from the Transport and General Workers Union in the Metropolitan area......
Germans Planning Truck Toll Charge
• A West German plan to introduce road toll charges for local and foreign trucks weighing over 18 tonnes GVW may well be implemented from 1 January 1990. The charges, which are......
Spray Kits Added To Dip Test
• The Department of Transport has added spray suppression kits to the vehicle equipment which comes under the scope of annual HGV tests. The new suppression spray test is now in......
• Plans By Edinburgh District Council To Turn The City's
main thoroughfare, Princes Street, into a pedestrian precinct have been submitted to the Scottish Secretary — but the Freight Transport Association warns that the move could......
• The Kent Fire Brigade Attended A Fire In The
Channel Tunnel workings on 22 December after an overheated cable snapped and started an electrical blaze.J E......