Road-building scheme ‘threat’ to rail freight_2
17 August 2012
The government’s announcement of the biggest programme of road-building since Labour came to power in 1997 has been slammed as “another nail in rail freight’s coffin” by the Freight Transport Association.
While the FTA welcomed the increased investment - about half of the £8.4 billion local transport plan - which includes 40 new road schemes over five years, it expressed concern that more money was not being pumped into rail transport.
“This government has talked about the benefits of rail freight but has done little to make it attractive, instead pouring money...