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• The HSE is to publish a long-awaited consultation document on new regulations for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road It may include the EU's latest training proposal's (see lead story).
• London borough councils have rejected an RHA plan to reduce the hours of the London Lorry Ban
• Glasgow City Council has given the go-ahead for the £250m Northern Extension Road to the M74. The 7km link will provide a southern bypass to the city.
• Trafficmaster, the Milton Keynes-based maker of routeing systems, lost £1.1m in the first half of 1995.
• Cummins is the leading CV engine supplier, says the SMMT. Its market share over 3.5 tonnes is 19.4%.
• The E70 motorway between Bucharest and Pitesti will be closed to CVs on weekends and public holidays between 07:00hrs and 22:00hrs. An alternative route is via Chitila, Gaiesti and Topoloveni.
• The European Council of Transport Users has attacked the pace of intermodal transport development in the EU.
• P&O European Ferries is to axe its FelixstoweZeebrugge passenger service; from 22 October the roro operator will run Freightonly services between Felixstowe and Rotterdam.
• The British Road Federation warns of huge reductions in transport spendina if the Chancellor makes large-scale tax cuts in November's Budget.