Government asks if longer trucks could cut transport emissions

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Consultation claims increasing maximum length of lorries would cut annual carbon output by 100,000 tonnes

Could a new breed of super lorries soon roll onto British roads as part of the government's efforts to tackle rising transport emissions? That is the question being asked by a new consultation document...

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