Billions of pounds for new road schemes
The Government has announced an investment of £15 billion in road schemes across the country.
Road improvement schemes welcomed
The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the Government’s announcement to invest £15 billion to increase the capacity and condition of England’s roads.
However, it maintains that without the comparatively minimal sum of £150m to train desperately needed truck drivers it will not be the UK’s hauliers that benefit from the improvements but those based in continental Europe and conducting business in the UK.
Commenting, RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett said: “For those operating in the road transport and logistics sector, time is money.
"Ours is an industry that is time critical and today’s announcement will come as good news to UK hauliers.
"The plans to tackle congestion and fix some of the most notorious and longstanding problem areas on the network are particularly welcome."
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