Jams a factor in rail freight grants
15th August 1991, Page 8
15th August 1991
Page 8
Page 8, 15th August 1991
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• The effect on motorway congestion of moving freight from road to rail is a factor the Government should consider when allocating Section 8 grants to operators for building railfreight facilities, says the Labour-supporting Institute of Public Policy Research in a new document, The Future of Railways and Roads. It adds that the conditions for winning a Section 8 payment make it hard to "justify rail-freight facilities especially on routes which suffer the worst congestion".