The Welsh Government has accused the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales of making “wholly unwarranted” suggestions that the M4 relief road plans are at odds with the... continue
The Second Severn Crossing is to be renamed The Prince of... continue
Network Rail did not receive the expected clarification last month from the DfT about the status of enhancement schemes in England and Wales that were originally programmed for Control Period 5 (2014/15 to 2018/9). The Control Period 6 strategic business plans published by Network Rail routes in... continue
Government company Transport for Wales will operate... continue
The bus industry has written to local authority leaders in Wales to say that a recent funding announcement by the Welsh Government was “highly misleading”. On 23 March, the Government issued a press release titled “Bus grants to keep Wales moving”, in which transport... continue
Cardiff and Caerphilly councils are to conduct feasibility studies into bringing nitrogen dioxide concentrations down to within EU limit values within the shortest possible time. The Welsh Government directed the two councils last month to prepare a plan, mirroring the direction that the... continue
Promised rail journey time savings between North and South Wales can only be delivered by omitting station stops, Network Rail has revealed. NR has just completed a £49m Welsh Government improvement scheme between Chester and Shrewsbury. It was originally due for completion in 2015 and... continue
Local government leaders say the Welsh Government has caused disquiet and confusion by producing new merger proposals. The Government’s previous plan to reduce the number of Welsh councils to eight or nine was abandoned after Labour failed to win a majority of Assembly seats in May 2016.... continue
Andrew Sherrington (pictured) has been appointed managing director of Swansea-based bus operator First Cymru. He... continue
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is spending £150,000 on upgrading parking at a local rugby club. The investment in Pontyclun Rugby Club comes after the South Wales... continue
The cause of falling debris in a multi-storey car park in Pontypridd, South Wales, is being investigated by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. The problem is affecting the basement level of the Berw Road car park, which is used to park police vehicles so is not open to the general public. The car park was... continue
“The internal combustion engine has changed the world as much as almost any other invention of the last 150 years,” The Guardian suggested in an editorial on 25 March. “The car has reshaped our cities and colonised our imaginations [because] it seems to offer autonomy for... continue
The prime Minister, Theresa May, personally approved the cancellation of the Cardiff to Swansea electrification project last summer, the National Audit Office revealed this week. The NAO’s report investigates the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of three electrification projects... continue
Electric vehicle owners may have to accept temporary... continue
The Welsh Government has published a Green Paper on local government reform in which its favoured option is to replace the current 22 unitary authorities with ten. The need for regional working in some topics, including transport, is emphasised. The Government says its conversations with... continue
The Welsh Government’s design standards for active travel infrastructure are inconsistent with the cycling route audit tool contained in the same design guidance, according to Cardiff Council. The audit tool was developed for local authorities to audit existing and proposed routes, with... continue
A shortage of revenue funding for promoting active travel in Wales risks a political backlash against investment in cycling and walking routes, the Welsh Local Government Association has warned. The pioneering Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 focuses on the infrastructure needed to encourage walking... continue
Transport for Wales is hoping to electrify more than... continue
While all railway eyes have focused on the problems with the East Coast Main Line franchise and the partnership solution announced by the DfT, the Welsh Government has quietly been pressing ahead with a more radical alternative to franchising as we know it. Rather than set a franchise specification... continue
Transport for Wales has awarded WSP the contract to manage development control cases for the motorway and trunk road network across Mid and North Wales. Jacobs has won a contract for South Wales covering development control cases; advice on highway structures; and noise and air quality p... continue
The Government has commissioned the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission to conduct a three-year review of legal obstacles to the introduction of self-driving vehicles. The review will consider matters such as: • who is the ‘driver’ or... continue
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