freight industry' to an annual allocation of just £1.1m every year until 2015, announced in September's spending review.
FTA believes this level of funding will be insufficient for the majority of intended schemes and will have the effect of making Scottish railways instantly less attractive for those who could consider taking goods off the road.
Chris MacRae, FTA's Head of Policy for Scotland, said:
"It was important for us to meet with members of the environment and infrastructure committees face-to-face and push home the arguments supporting greater funding of FFG, in line with our written submission to the Infrastructure and Capital Investment committee.
"Support for modal shift is essential if Scotland is to meet its carbon targets, with those companies who have already put funding to good use by investing in new cranes and longer loading bays showing it is already working to 'green' Scotland's supply chain. This view seemed to be shared by the MSPs whose support was certainly reassuring. We look forward to working with the Committee more closely on the thorny issue of future funding for the freight facilities grant."