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Truck Stops
Despite the efforts made by public authorities to promote the adoption of rail-road transport, the number of trucks on roads and motorways continues to climb.
The increase in truck traffic is believed to be directly proportionate to fluctuations in GDP.
Yet for the last 20 years, no coordinated action has been taken to improve the reception of truck drivers on the road and manage the parking of their trucks.
This state of affairs contributes to a trend of overcapacity in motorway service areas and truck stop facilities within the state-maintained network of roads, most of which are nearly 30 years old and have not been upgraded due to lack of funding.
As of 2007, it is estimated that France lacks approximately 18,000 truck parking spaces, 15,000 of which are lacking in the state-maintained network of roads.
Moreover, road security issues are on the rise, and acts of road freight theft are increasingly more frequent and violent, perpetrated by organised criminal groups.
Finally, new road transport working time regulations have had an impact on driver and enterprise conduct.
Whether at the initiative of local governments or major private groups, four factors contribute to the construction of new facilities for truck drivers and their vehicles:
- Steady increase in truck traffic
- Lack of truck parking spaces
- Rise in road security issues
- Road transport working time regulations
In this context, CET guides public and private investors:
- In their feasibility studies
- In their definition of services (technical specifications)
- In the scaling of their investments
- In profitability analyses
- In the search for partnerships
- In development of solutions suited to specific needs
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