FIA questions new congestion finding
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• A new report on the government's 10-year transport plan predicts less congestion and increased HGV mileage by 2010 but the ETA warns that the future for freight movement on the UK's roads might not be as rosy.
Think-tank ITC argues that if tolls are introduced on key routes then reduced congestion and unreliability will enable distribution to be more centralised, leading to increased HGV mileage.
But, according to the FA, the
UK is currently wasting ir money being stuck in traffic 1 the government intends spell in the 10-year plan. FTA c executive Richard Turner E that at 2.20 billion per year, c gestion is currently costing ,C per year for every man, wor and child in the UK—eon almost gl a day for 58m per'
Speaking at the assiociati annual dinner this week he s 'The 10-year transport plan start. But the key questior whether it delivers on time will it be enough?"
The ITC report, Land Effects of the 10-Year Trans Ran, also forecasts the crea of clusters of the follov road/rail distribution points: • Along the A14 from Daventr Huntingdon and Cambridge; • Along the A45/A43 corni from Northampton to Kette and Corby; • On the west and east side the M25.
As a result, logistics operati will be concentrated near Flu Kettering and Huntingdon, it s