Dropping toll plans to fund A14 improvements will gain business support

3rd December 2013

Commenting on reports that the upgrade of the A14 will be funded by the government rather than through tolling, Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said:   -Business has long campaigned for improvements to the A14, which is a vital import-export lifeline for companies across the UK.

This has been in the BCC's 'top ten' transport priorities for years now, as successive governments have dithered over how to address the road's bottlenecks.   -We welcome the news that long-delayed improvements to the A14 will finally go ahead and without the uncertainty generated by a tolling plan that lacked support from local business.