Hauliers will fight proposed fuel levy

HAULIERS have warned the government they will not stand for any special levy on fuel to pay for a massive shortfall in the national roads budget.

Consultants commissioned by the government to work out ways of making up the €5.8bn shortfall are reported to have proposed a levy of 5c a litre on fuel.

The recommendation, by KPMG, was immediately attacked by both the Automobile Association and the Irish Road Haulage Association.