Freight study looks at canal options_2
17 August 2012
The government is looking to Britain’s 3,000-mile canal network to carry more freight and ease the pressure on overburdened rail and road networks.
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) set up the Freight Study Group to explore ways of encouraging companies to transport more cargo by canal. The study was among proposals in June’s policy paper, Waterways for Tomorrow.
Around 22 per cent - nearly 60 billion tonnes - of the UK’s freight is transported by ship, mostly along coastal...