MOUNTAIN HAULAGE
December 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLSOPHISTICATED controls on the access of the European road haulage industry to ecologically sensitive areas such as the Alps should be introduced, not simple traffic bans, a new European Environment Agency report has claimed.'Road Freight Transport and the Environment in Mountainous Areas' points out that the inevitable concentration of road traffic through mountain barriers, such as the Alps or the Pyrenees, will have "a large impact on human health and the ecosystem, especially in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland."However, the study shies away ...
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