Leicester City Council is investing £800,000 to tackle careless parking and congestion and improve school road safety. This is the latest phase of the... continue
A member of a gang who attacked a Birmingham City Council civil enforcement officer has been jailed for nine months. Danyal Bashir, 20, was caught on phone camera footage attacking of CEO Charlie Weston, whose head was repeatedly stamped on in the Alum Rock area. Birmingham Crown Court... continue
Welsh local authorities made a combined surplus of £14.4m on their parking activities in the last financial year, analysis by the RAC Foundation suggests. The figure for 2017-18 was 3% higher than the £14m made in 2016-17. The rise was the fifth consecutive annual increase. The data,... continue
A group of local authorities and other public bodies in the East Midlands are planning to invest £50m in creating and running a new electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Efficiency East Midlands (EEM) procurement consortium is made up councils, housing organisations, hospitals, universities... continue
Cambridge City Council has selected JustPark as the cashless provider for its surface car parks. The JustPark service will also be extended into... continue
The West Midlands Combined Authority has decided how to allocate its initial £250m four-year (2018/19-2021/22) of Transforming Cities Fund grant. The CA said last December that the majority – £207m – would be spent on the Wednesbury-Brierley Hill Midland Metro extension. The... continue
Birmingham City Council wants to pilot the use of default 20mph speed limit powers. 30mph is the current default limit for restricted roads and... continue
Nottingham city Council has outlined how it plans to... continue
Nottinghamshire County Council is to buy out Cornwall Council’s shareholding in the Via East Midlands Ltd highway and vehicle fleet management joint venture company. Via East Midlands was set up in 2016 to provide highway/fleet services to Nottinghamshire and external markets. Corserv,... continue
HS2 Ltd is inviting contractors to bid for the contract to design and build the HS2 station at Birmingham Curzon Street. Bidders should be shortlisted in the spring, with the contract award in 2020.... continue
So, four West Northamptonshire councils propose a study into reopening the Market Harborough to Northampton railway (“Northants champions ‘North-South railway” LTT 09 Nov). Good for them. And good for Leicestershire and Northamptonshire County Councils that they purchased the... continue
I am delighted to read that councils in West Northamptonshire want to study the re-opening of the former railway between Northampton and Market Harborough (ibid). Not only will it give people in Market Harborough and places along the route access to jobs, leisure and retail shopping in... continue
National Express West Midlands has appointed David Bradford as managing director, promoting him from commercial director. He succeeds Paul Thomas who joined Stagecoach this summer (LTT 07 Jul).... continue
Car park structural repair specialist Cemplas has refurbished two car park at the University of Warwick. Cemplas has been operating as principal contractor on the... continue
Plans to improve the A46 trunk road from the M5 in Gloucestershire to the Lincolnshire coast have been launched by pan-Midland transport body Midlands Connect. Working with Highways England and local authorities, Midlands Connect has identified a number of potential improvements to the... continue
Councils in West Northamptonshire want the Government to support a study into re-opening a railway connecting the West Coast and Midland main lines. The north-south 14-mile line between Market Harborough, on the Midland Main Line, and Northampton, on a loop line off the West Coast Main Line,... continue
Councils in the East Midlands hope a new ‘strategic alliance’ will help the area win more transport funding and put it on a par with the West Midlands. The alliance could cover Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and the unitary authorities of Derby, Nottingham, and... continue
Transport for the West Midlands and the West Midlands Combined Authority have made final decisions on the future of the majority of 59 bus stops in South Birmingham that were closed last year in a trial to speed up bus services (LTT 25 May). Just over half (32) will be permanently closed. Of the... continue
National Express West Midlands’ (NXWM) dominance of the conurbation’s bus market brings certain advantages that may be lost if bus franchising were introduced, Transport for the West Midlands has said. The West Midlands Combined Authority asked TfWM in January to consider... continue
Birmingham City Council is reviewing parking standards for new developments. The study will look at parking standards throughout the city including a literature review, engagement with stakeholders, site visits and identification of best practice in setting parking standards. The... continue
Parking arrangements at a country park in Cambridgeshire are being modernised. Nene Park Trust has appointed contractor Indigo to manage the parking, including maintenance and remote management and maintenance of its new parking equipment and maintenance. Nene Park, which is located near... continue
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