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* South Africa - Cartage Boss Pleads Case for Road Spending
The government's plan to reduce road congestion by investing in rail infrastructure was "incorrect" because congestion should be relieved by investment in road infrastructure
Johannesburg,South Africa -all africa.com/Business Day, by Thabang Mokopanele -4 June 2007: -- Garth Boltong, joint CEO of Cargo Carriers, said the congestion caused by a shortage of roads created a huge antagonism towards trucks, which were seen to aggravate the situation... A Council for Scientific and Industrial Research study had shown that rail moved one third of the country's freight, and trucks represented 4% of the vehicles on South African roads. However, trucks travelled five times further than most cars, and therefore constituted 20% of road traffic...
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