FTA urges restraint with transport infrastructure cuts07 September 2010

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging continued investment in transport infrastructure projects, in the face of the impending government's spending review.

The comprehensive spending review (CSR) is due to be published on 20 October, and the association has identified key road schemes it believes must be spared.

The transport corridors it believes are most important are: the London to Kent Ports Corridor (M20); South Coast Ports to the Midlands (A34, M40); London Orbital Corridor (M25); London to the West Midlands, North West and Scotland Corridor (M1, M6); Trans-Pennine (M62, M180) and Haven Ports to Midlands (A14).

"FTA has already made it very clear that cutting capital spending on infrastructure would be a huge mistake, especially for an economy still struggling to free itself from the grip of recession," says Theo de Pencier, FTA's CEO.

"As the fate of key road and rail projects hangs in the balance, we must make it clear that any short-term savings made by curtailing investment have to be weighed against the longer term costs of increased congestion and unreliability in the supply chain – a matter made more pressing by expected rises in traffic levels," he adds.

Author
John Challen

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