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Department for Transport urged to put hard shoulders on smart motorways
Plea from RAC comes a year after plans for new smart motorway projects were cancelled amid longstanding safety concerns
New HS2 ’embarrassment’ as rail HQ opens but train factory faces closure
The timing of the regulator's temporary headquarters opening in the city is horribly "ironic" and "embarrassing", says Derby City Council leader
John Major's rail privatisation helmsman torpedoes Conservatives' latest reforms
Christian speaks at length with Steve Norris, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the UK Department for Transport between 1992 and 1996, who was the key Rail Minister serving John Major's Conservative Government in delivering the privatisation of Great Britain's railways and the creation of new industry structures. ...
Monday, 15 April 2024
The Guardian
- Department for Transport urged to put hard shoulders on smart motorwaysPlea from RAC comes a year after plans for new smart motorway projects were cancelled amid longstanding safety concerns
Times Online
- Ban new drivers from having passengers to cut deaths, says AA. [subscription]Motoring association says that young drivers should be banned from giving their friends a lift for up to six months after passing their test
Birmingham Mail
- New smart motorway rules could be introduced as government 'does right thing'The motoring group has slammed the hated roads one year after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak axed future projects amid safety concerns over smart motorways, which are UK-wide.
Bolton News
- Call for slice of £500m HS2 funding for M61 junction 7A slice of around £500m should be spent on a new junction to relieve “horrific congestion” at one of Bolton’s busiest roads, an MP says.
- Andy Burnham pledges no return for CAZ on Westhoughton visitAndy Burnham has said “in no uncertain terms” that plans for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) will not be coming back on a recent visit to Bolton.
Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast
- John Major's rail privatisation helmsman torpedoes Conservatives' latest reformsChristian speaks at length with Steve Norris, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the UK Department for Transport between 1992 and 1996, who was the key Rail Minister serving John Major's Conservative Government in delivering the privatisation of Great Britain's railways and the creation of new industry structures. ...
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