Hauliers urge IBEC and ISME to get off the fence

The Irish Road Haulage Association is “ploughing a lonely furrow” as it seeks to have the proposed ban on so-called super trucks over turned and says it needs support from employer groups such as IBEC and ISME

To date business lobby groups IBEC and ISME have sat on the fence in relation to the proposed ban. The IRHA is disappointed with this response and is calling on industry to back the association’s position.

IRHA President Eamonn Morrissey commented: “Hauliers are disheartened by industry in that they've allowed the road transport industry to plough a lonely furrow on this issue despite the economic benefits of these vehicles to their businesses. A height restriction is a short-sighted policy and fails to take into account the rapid development and innovation within the road transport industry.”