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The annual cost of congestion on the Strategic Road Network for HGVs increased by almost £1 billion between 2015 and 2024, according to business group Logistics UK. The findings are included in its new research report “The UK Logistics Network”, which maps the UK’s critical supply chain infrastructure and key transport corridors, and has been published while the government is developing the UK’s new infrastructure strategy.
The report by Logistics UK and leading transport economists MDS Transmodal was launched today (12 November 2024) at a parliamentary meeting attended by MPs and industry stakeholders. As a result of the new research findings, Logistics UK is pressing the Treasury and the Department for Transport to formally identify the UK’s Logistics Network and use this as the basis of a 30-year infrastructure strategy. Identifying the national freight network, the key routes used by logistics operators – was first proposed in the previous government’s Future of Freight Plan with the aim of driving efficiency and integration. According to Oxford Economics, the government could boost the economy by up to £8 billion a year by 2030 through productivity-led growth with the right policy environment and strategic investments for the logistics sector.
“The UK Logistics Network” identifies a complex network of interconnected road, rail, air and maritime transport routes, and shows how the system is reliant on a relatively small number of critical corridors. The report sets out that a lack of capacity on these corridors leads to bottlenecks that impair operational efficiency and growth, particularly where freight must compete for space with passenger transport, such as rail freight on the West Coast Main Line and road freight across the Pennines, around London and between the towns and cities of the Midlands. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS UK
