New funding designed to move the transportation of heavy freight off the roads will improve driving conditions between England and Scotland. Travellers driving from Scotland to England will find the roads much less busy after measures were introduced recently to move the forwarding of freight off the road and onto the railways.

The main reason why freight forwarding companies are being encouraged to use the railways instead of the roads is the issue of congestion.

Road congestion is getting worse in Scotland every year and this has a damaging effect on both the environment and people