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Topic: Call To Transfer Freight From Road To Rail Between Perth - Inverness (Read 1368 times)
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Transport authorities are being urged to set up a rail consortium to reduce the number of HGVs on the A9 between Perth and Inverness (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6929479.stm Deputy Scottish Conservative leader Murdo Fraser said moving freight by train instead of by lorry would improve safety on the notorious route. Mr Fraser said: "Ever since I became an MSP, I have been campaigning to make the A9 a safer road." "In the short term, this means urgently making safe some dangerous stretches of road and junctions and removing HGVs from the road." "That is why I want to see action taken to set up a rail freight consortium between Perth and Inverness, which will allow businesses to transport their goods by rail instead of road on the A9." "Eventually, the A9 needs to be made into dual carriageway." |
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