Last Mile Delivery Challenges and Opportunities how to drive improvements to local logistics operations

22nd May 2025

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has today launched a briefing that provides advice to Local Authorities and other stakeholders on how to drive improvements to local logistics operations. This can help support local economic activity while tackling the negative impacts that can be generated by these vehicle movements.   

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Last Mile Delivery – the last leg of any process to get goods to their end users – is about much more than managing the impact of home deliveries of packages and groceries. It is a fundamental plank of the local economy, without which supermarkets would go unstocked, hospitals left without medical supplies and construction sites without materials.  

This latest CIHT briefing highlights: 

  • Key features of Last Mile Delivery in the UK including challenges created by fragmentation, multiple stakeholders, and sensitivity to local conditions. 
  • Opportunities for Local Authorities to use the full range of their responsibilities to play a leading role in improving Last Mile Delivery in their areas.
  • Our 3-step maturity model to help Local Authorities grow their capacity and capability to influence local logistics operations for the better.  

To find out more and to receive a copy of the briefing, please visit https://www.ciht.org.uk/lastmiledelivery  or contact e: communications@ciht.org.uk  

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