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POLICIES * UK - DfT 'committed' to lorry road user charge
London,EN,UK -Road Transport, by Christopher Walton -27 July 2010: -- The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed it has a "commitment" to introduce a lorry road user charge during its current term and it will be the only scheme where businesses or motorists pay to use existing UK roads... Speaking at the first meeting (26 July) of the Transport Committee since the election Philip Hammond, secretary of state for transport, said: "The coalition government has ruled out the notion of national road user charging other than for HGVs, where we have a commitment for a lorry road user charge for existing road infrastructure"... However, he did say that there was the potential for new toll roads to be built in the UK, if they could justify a cost-benefit analysis, but he did say that there was a need to support investment in the UK's transport infrastructure...
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