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SEStran launches routing map and guidance, to improve freight distribution network

Date: 14th August 2009

SEStran has produced a new Freight Routing Study that seeks to identify the key routes that should be taken by road freight throughout the region, identify the need for signage and for improved facilities for drivers undertaking long haul journeys.   

The study is the outcome of SEStran’s Freight Action Plan and includes a freight signing strategy and a truck stop review. The results of the study will be incorporated into a new Freight Routing Map. The map will indicate major freight origins and destinations in SE Scotland and the key routes that should be taken. It will be distributed mainly to freight operators and GPS companies. 

Councillor Russell Imrie, Chair of SEStran said:  

“The efficient distribution of freight is the life blood of commerce in SE Scotland. It is essential that those involved in moving goods and materials through the region have the best possible guidance on the quickest, cheapest routes to their destinations and the facilities available for drivers along the way”. 

“The new map will indicate major routes, together with key points of freight origin and destinations, while the signage strategy will outline the principles of where signing should be provided; especially to key destinations. Meanwhile the truck stop analysis examines the level and quality of existing stops and the likely need for additional future official parking and rest areas on key routes”. 

“  By providing practical guidance on routes, ensuring that signage is appropriate and that the need for driver facilities recognised, the study will make a major contribution to ensuring that road freight throughout SE Scotland is distributed quickly and efficiently, with the mimimum environmental impact possible”    

 ENDS

SEStran - South East of Scotland Transport Partnership - is one of seven new Statutory Regional Transport Partnerships (RTP) created by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 and is a partnership of eight local councils covering the Borders, the Lothians, Edinburgh, Fife, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire.

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Dougal,

SEStran Communications Officer

T: 0131-524-5161

M: 07889-010-291

E: Andrew.dougal@sestran.gov.uk