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STUDY * UK - Road hauliers pay their way - and then some
The road freight industry in the UK is already operating on very tight margins, but as congestion and green issues come to the forefront of the political and social agenda, should the industry be paying more to cover the costs?London,UK -Road Transport -29 November 2007: -- This was the question asked by Heriot Watt University in its report: Internalising the external costs of road freight transport in the UK. While the title of the report might seem rather complicated, the basic idea is that haulage operators currently pay for their internal costs, such as fuel, VED and vehicle maintenance, but the wider costs associated with congestion, infrastructure and the environment are paid for by tax payers... The report asks how much of this external cost could and should be covered by road haulage operators, therefore internalising them... The report states that if congestion is taken out of the equation the taxes currently paid by UK road haulage operators exceed the value of all the external costs for all LGVs apart from artics over 33t and they cover 99% of those costs. In 2006 the average truck in the UK paid 12% more in duties and taxes than its allocated infrastructural and environmental costs (excluding congestion costs)... (Picture from Biglorryblog: Lancaster the M6 actually)
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