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Trucks face Auction * Australia - For access to port
Users of Port Botany would pay a levy to use the facility at busy times, adding millions of dollars to the cost of getting goods through the site under a controversial proposal that has won the support of the State Government
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Brian Robins -January 18, 2008: -- ... The head of the Roads and Traffic Authority, Les Wielinga, said introducing an auction system for users to access the port would relieve road congestion around the area... But Mike Moylan, of the Australian Trucking Association, has criticised the idea as "novel and untried" and warned that it would be "a huge commercial risk to the state"... "There are a million containers passing through the port every year. You're talking a huge amount of money," he said. "We did a survey among our members and no one was in favour of it"... The proposal involves users of the port "bidding" to be able to gain access to Port Botany at peak times during the day, with some of this extra money to go to the stevedoring firms that operate at the port - Patrick and DP World. The rest of the money would be used to upgrade facilities around the port...
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