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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * New Zealand - Gridlock feared ahead of protest
Leave for work early or take the day off is the advice for commuters on Friday
Auckland,New Zealand -TVNZ -Jul 3, 2008: -- Truck drivers plan to invade central city roads from 7am claiming they will struggle to pay increased road user charges... The protest by the truck drivers is expected to bring traffic in many parts of the country to a standstill, with police warning motorists to either get to work before 7.30am or take the day off... Truckies say a surprise hike in road user charges two days ago was the last straw. The increase of between 7% and 10% has been imposed to help with the damage large trucks do to the country's roads... And transport operators say the increase in cost may be passed on to consumers with the freight business getting more and more expensive and the government's increases on Road User Charges doing nothing to ease the pressure... Auckland will be the worst affected of all the cities where the protests are planned as at least 2000 truckies hit the motorway and head toward the town hall... Organisers say drivers will try to stick to the left lane only during the protests... They will lose a day's profit but trucking companies say public support for drivers has been phenomenal... Friday's protest will be the first time trucking companies have taken national action... The protest is expected to end around 9:00am but the backlog caused may take some time to clear...* Police advising commuters to leave cars at home tomorrow during truck blockades planned for major centres
Auckland,NZ -nztaxiblog -July 3, 2008: -- Police are advising commuters to leave their cars at home tomorrow, or consider taking the day off, during the truck blockade planned for major centres.. The protests against a sudden increase in road-user charges on diesel vehicles are expected to hit Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and other cities between 7am and 10am tomorrow...
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