Rail goods cash to cut emissions
Posted: 22 May 2008, 05:26
BBC News - 20/05/08
Over 400 lorry journeys a week are to be cut from Scotland's busy roads as two new freight rail services are laid on to haul Tesco food.
Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson has pledged over ?3m in a bid to cut congestion and carbon emissions.
Eddie Stobart will receive up to ?982,000 to help transport Tesco goods between Grangemouth and Inverness.
John G Russell has been awarded up to ?2.1m for a Coatbridge to Inverness rail goods service.
Speaking at the opening of Tesco's new distribution centre in Livingston, Mr Stevenson said: "As a government we are committed to getting more freight off Scotland's roads and onto rail and water.
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