The Scottish Government’s draft third National Planning Framework includes a number of other transport projects: high-speed rail... continue

Halton Borough Council has appointed engineering consultant Waterman to project manage a design and build tender and supervise construction of rail... continue

The Liverpool City Region is bidding to the Trans European Transport Network executive agency for a contribution to a £1.3m study of road &... continue

The City of Edinburgh Council is to appoint a consultant to design a new link road in the port of Leith, which would be built as part of the... continue

Councillors on Merseyside are stepping up their campaign for better road and rail links to the Port of Liverpool, in an effort to cut lorry movements... continue

The DfT has published the finalised version of its National Policy Statement for ports, following consultation on the draft last autumn. The NPS,... continue

The Government has approved plans for Dover’s second ferry terminal, a £400m project that will double capacity of the port.&nb... continue

Port operators are encouraged to deliver expansion schemes by the DfT’s new National Policy Statement on ports. “The Government believes... continue

Twenty-one transport schemes, or schemes with a transport element, have received conditional offers of funding from the Government’s... continue

The sub-regional transport model (SRTM) actually comprises five models (see diagram).  The highways model was developed by Hyder using the... continue

Plans to expand port facilities in Liverpool and Manchester have been published for consultation. The masterplan has been prepared by Peel Ports,... continue

The port of Felixstowe’s rail capacity is to be enhanced by the construction of a third rail-based container terminal. The Felixstowe Dock and... continue

With public funding tight, Growth without Gridlock suggests a range of new funding streams that Kent believes could help deliver new transport... continue

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Local Authorities are sometimes criticised for failing to understand the needs of business but that charge would be hard to level at Kent under Paul... continue

Consultants have been appointed to predict future passenger and freight flows through all major ports on both sides of the English Channel,... continue

Sefton Council on Merseyside is planning to take over the project management for the second stage of the Access to Port of Liverpool study, part of... continue

The Northern Way has commissioned Network Rail to develop detailed plans to improve rail freight routes from Teesport and the ports of Hull and... continue

Hutchison Ports is delaying plans for a new container port at Bathside Bay, Harwich. The port operator had planned to develop the terminal by 2016... continue

Stakeholders in North Wales and the Republic of Ireland are drawing up plans for a rail freight terminal at Holyhead to handle traffic between... continue

The house of Commons transport committee this week urged the DfT to delay final publication of its national policy statement (NPS) on ports so that... continue