Policy paper

Future of freight plan

The first-ever cross-modal and cross-government plan for the UK freight transport sector.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
15 June 2022
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Developed in partnership with industry, this plan sets out the government鈥檚 long-term vision for the UK freight sector.

It identifies the main challenges, objectives and actions that need to be taken in the following 5 priority areas:

  • National Freight Network (NFN)
  • enabling the transition to net zero
  • planning
  • people and skills
  • data and technology

The future of freight plan was a commitment made in the government鈥檚 response to the National Infrastructure Commission鈥檚 (NIC) 2019 report, .

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