He was expected to reveal his findings next week a little before the pre-budget statement; however he seems to have been trumped by advance showings to key media from more central government departments. Perhaps they were motivated by a need to keep discussion of expensive and crucial transport infrastructure away from the Chancellor's carefully choreographed gestures towards the public spending borrowing requirement. Eddington, perhaps irritated that his report was being published for him, has now pulled the date forward to tomorrow (Friday). As a result the Freight Transport Association which had undertaken its own report into the transport implications of economic growth, has also had to bring forward its publication. The FTA's concern is that, if the Chancellor's predictions for economic growth are correct, key freight routes will come under increasing pressure. Its argument is that, if demand management (ie road pricing) is still nine years away, then money must be allocated to keep these arterial road and rail routes available to freight. "While freight may grow by 5-10%, it's going to be dwarfed by the explosion in other traffic," says James Hookham. "Our report is trying to put freight into a proper economic context and get a seat at the table." For a full account of the Eddington Report and the FTA's findings on freight growth, see Commercial Motor 7 December.