Representatives from both the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the British International Freight Association (BIFA), which represents the freight forwarding community, have welcomed the government’s plans to invest £15 billion in the country’s road infrastructure. Both organisations however tempered their enthusiasm with notes of caution.
BIFA gave the initial proposals a cautionary welcome saying that it ‘expected to see some spades in the ground’ when the investment plan was announced in 2013. The same note could be distinguished in the comments this week of BIFA Director General, Robert Keen, who said: “On behalf of our members, which rely on the UK roads network to collect and deliver the vast majority of the UK’s imports and exports, we hope that the plans mean that the talking is over and we will actually see construction taking place.”