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Now let’s get rid of some lorries…

by admin on 24 October, 2013

Delivery trucks clog up Cowley Road and St Clements Street, making you ill with fumes and spewing out CO2 – but that could change.

City councillors voted unanimously for a motion tabled by Graham that backs a cargo hub outside the city. Clean electric vehicles will bring goods to our shops and homes, cutting the number of dirty, heavy trucks and the number of deliveries.

A similar scheme in Bristol has cut deliveries by 75%. A hundred-plus businesses have signed up.

 

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