News / Welcome signs for Europe's new plan to drive improvements for truckers

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Road transport operators have welcomed plans to revise Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) regulations to better accommodate what have been described as the continent’s “abandoned” truckers.

The European Parliament’s Transport Committee voted last week to reopen negotiations with the European Council and the EC with an aim to impose binding deadlines on construction and opening of safe and secure parking sites across the European road network.

European Road Hauliers Association secretary general Marco Digioia told The Loadstar: “We believe this vote is an ...