Minister for Environment and Transport John Cortes last week met with representatives of the companies operating Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs), together with officials from the Departments of Environment and Transport. 

A statement from the Government follows below:

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the improvement of the HGV fleet in order to make it more friendly to the environment and less polluting. 

The meeting was constructive with all agreeing to work together to achieve this within a short, but realistic timeframe. Work on this will continue. 

Minister for Environment and Transport, John Cortes, said: ‘The meeting was very positive. The HGVoperators are clearly aware of the issues and evidently want to modernise the fleet. There are other issues affecting the industry which they brought to my notice, and we will work hard to assist them in resolving them.’