Airport expansion, including the controversial third runway at Heathrow, and major plans at Gatwick and Luton, plus road schemes, are set to join the government’s prioritisation of economic growth in determining its transport... continue
The Government’s chief infrastructure strategy advisor has told MPs that more money should be devoted to building roads with less justification on seeking to get people travelling by train. Sir John Armitt told the Commons transport select committee that the Government ought to face the... continue
]The Department for Transport (DfT) has extended the consultation period for its planned new Integrated National Transport Strategy until 20 February. The invitation to submit ideas was launched In November, by former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh shortly before she was forced to resign by the... continue
Sir John Armitt told the MPs “There are two fundamental points that we make in our report. One is the need for an integrated approach to transport. You tend to have two silos in the Department for Transport, one devoted to rail and one devoted to road. There are others for air, ports and so... continue
Sir John Armitt, a former Network Rail chief executive, and other NIC officers appeared in front of the House of Commons Transport Committee on 15 January. In the opening stages of the session, committee chair Ruth Cadbury asked Armitt whether, as a generality, there was a challenge in terms of... continue
Government plans to make UK world leader in AI will require all government departments to accelerate deployments and support developments in the field. Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, the Prime Minister said in a speech focussing on the... continue
Delayed publication of the Annual Report on Major Projects for 2023-24 by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), and the limited data included, has raised concerns about the current status of controversial transport projects included in the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). The... continue
Some 18 local authorities have expressed an interest in the Government’s devolution plans, according to Local Government Minister Jim McMahon (see panel below). He said that the authorities would be considered as candidates in the Devolution Priority Programme. The English Devolution White... continue
UK Government investment in rail infrastructure in Wales has... continue
Highland Council is likely to have saved £2.5m in the first two years of operating bus services with in-house resources, instead of awarding contracts to commercial operators as previously. The council is conducting a review of setting up an arm’s length bus company but has no timescale... continue
The Welsh Government could use its Mutual Investment Model (MIM) to deliver more major projects which are otherwise unaffordable, Ken Skates has suggested. The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales was speaking in the Senedd as the first project to use the MIM – dualling of the A465... continue
A shortlist of 38 proposed multi-modal transport schemes for the West of England has gone out for consultation. Western Gateway STB, the Sub-national Transport Body for the West of England, estimates that the combined costs of the 38 prioritised proposals over the next 10-15 years would be... continue
More than £2m has been paid out in pothole compensation claims by Transport for London (TfL) in the last three years, new data shows. Figures from TfL in response to a Freedom of Information (FO) request, show that TfL paid out for 35 claims while it received a total of 556 claims during the... continue
The introduction of 20mph speed limits appears to be pushing down car insurance premiums, suggests new data from Confused.com. Steve Dukes, the company’s Chief executive, said: “Some UK insurers are observing that areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of... continue
The DfT is not doing enough to help councils address the declining... continue
A Transport Scotland report has advised the Scottish Government’s Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop not to accelerate plans for the dualling of the A9. Accelerating the delivery plan is not accelerated is likely to “negatively impact procurement, construction, supply chains and increase... continue
National Highways has “completely washed its hands” of the environmental impact of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), according to the Transport Action Network (TAN). The scheme is likely to cost at least £12bn and is the largest project left behind from the previous... continue
Some of the £2.5bn saved from scrapping the A303 Stonehenge and A358 road... continue
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