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Aims
The general aims of the West Midlands Freight Quality Partnership are:
- To agree and keep under review, a strategic transport network for the region, for distribution purposes
- To identify and work towards addressing key capacity constraints on the network, to improve reliability for freight distribution
- To agree a route signing and information strategy, and to progress a programme of action for agreed priorities
- To promote sustainable distribution in the West Midlands, including exploring opportunities for greater use of environmentally friendly modes, other than road based
- To pursue traffic management techniques, to provide for efficient delivery and servicing of commercial and other relevant areas, taking account of environmental issues, e.g loading / unloading bays, no car lanes and route restrictions
- To promote industry best practice initiatives
- To share information and encourage research on the movement of freight for the region