SCOTTISH Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Michael Matheson MSP, told RHA members that major trunk road improvements could help tackle the skills shortage.
Investing in a better road network would increase labour catchment areas and expand employment capacity as the industry faces up to a growing driver shortage of around 60,000 in the UK, he added.
Speaking at the Annual Conference of Road Haulage Association Scotland in Falkirk on 6 June, Michael Matheson said that air quality was, ‘probably the biggest issue of this generation’. Low emission zones in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee he said are a key part of his government’s strategy to tackle climate change and reduce the impact emissions are having on health.
