CTA’s enviroTruck
Starts its Engine in British Columbia
Fraser Basin Council creates
first incentive program built on CTA concept
(Ottawa: Jan. 25, 2008) - The Canadian Trucking
Alliance’s enviroTruck initiative, designed to accelerate the penetration
of new smog-free heavy truck engines and greenhouse gas fighting/fuel efficiency
technologies and devices in the trucking industry, is becoming a reality in
British Columbia.
Since the enviroTruck initiative was first
unveiled by CTA in the fall of 2007, the BC Trucking Association has been
actively promoting the concept with local governments and other stakeholders.
BC Trucking Association’s effort has paid off. The Fraser Basin Council
has announced a new incentive under its Green Fleets BC program to encourage the
BC trucking sector to adopt emission reduction technologies. The Council is a
non-profit organization, with board representation from all orders of government
(including First Nations), business and community groups, that focuses on
today’s sustainability issues.
According to the Council, the trucking industry in BC
needs an opportunity to judge how newer engines, aerodynamic enhancements,
anti-idling units, high-tech tires and other devices can help cut smog and
greenhouse gas emissions without eating up fuel budgets. Their incentive
program is designed to stop telling and start showing just what an
enviroTruck can do.
“Thanks to the hard work of BC Trucking
Association and the foresight of the Province of British Columbia the
enviroTruck initiative has gone from concept to reality,” said CTA
CEO David Bradley. “CTA will continue to lobby the federal government and
work with provincial associations to encourage other provincial governments to
follow the BC example,” said Bradley.
Up to $10,000 per vehicle is available for a vehicle
that meets the Fraser Basin Council’s enviroTruck standard, to a
total of $70,000 for the entire program. Results may lead to bigger things,
given that the focus of the program is not only to get enviroTruck off
the drawing board and onto the road, but also to demonstrate fuel and cost
savings to the industry. Program participants will provide monthly usage
statistics and comments on their experience with their enviroTruck,
including its combination of components. The Council will be accepting
applications now until February 15, 2008.
“It’s a modest start but a significant
step in the right direction which we are hopeful can be built upon over time,"
said Bradley. "It would also be very helpful if Transport Canada were to
step-up to the plate."
For more about CTA’s enviroTruck program,
visit:
http://www.cantruck.com/envirotruck/index.html
Source: Canadian Trucking Alliance,
www.cantruck.ca
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