THE ROAD haulage industry was not as battered as it
25th November 1977, Page 9
25th November 1977
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liked to believe, said Transport Minister Mr William Rodgers, when he emphasised in the Commons last week that heavy goods vehicles would have to meet their attributable road costs in full.
Some 87 per cent of lorries already did so, he noted, but there was a significant deficit between the revenue earned by long-distance vehicles and the attributable costs, which did not include environmental costs.
The gap had been narrowed, added the Minister, because lorries had been making somewhat shorter journeys. Tory transport spokesman Mr Norman Fowler maintained that, rather than suffering a continuing barrage of criticism, road haulage deserved credit as one of the most competitive industries in Britain.