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Harper announces cuts to active travel budget and delays to transport schemes

Harper announces cuts to active travel budget and delays to transport schemes
Deniz Huseyin

Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced delays to major transport schemes including HS2 and strategic roads as well as big cuts to active travel funding. Ahead of the Spring Budget on Wednesday, Harper warned it would be... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News
22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

DfT consults on national road and rail scheme sustainability
Peter Stonham

The DfT has launched a consultation on an updated National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) and Appraisal of Sustainability to guide the developers of major new road, rail and rail freight schemes and incorporate the latest environmental standards, policy commitments and net zero... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Appraisal of Sustainability by WSP & Ramboll identifies ‘uncertain effects’
Peter Stonham

The Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS) report for the National Networks National Policy Statement is published for consultation alongside the draft NNNPS. It provides information to stakeholders on the potential sustainability effects (positive and negative) of the NNNPS. The AoS identifies... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Newcastle presses ahead with more LTN trials across the city

Newcastle Newcastle City Council has started trials of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) on streets in the Jesmond area of the city. The restrictions have been introduced on an 18-month trial basis – with public consultation happening in the first six months of the experiment. Jesmond is the... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News
Sloman responds to criticism of lack of consultation in Welsh Roads Review

Sloman responds to criticism of lack of consultation in Welsh Roads Review
Rhodri Clark

A Senedd-backed motion which criticised “lack of engagement”... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

DfT takes hit on spending plans in Treasury’s revised settlement

Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced delays to major transport schemes including HS2 and strategic roads as well as big cuts to active travel funding. A week ahead of the Spring Budget, Harper warned it would be difficult for the Government to deliver its capital programme due to... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News
22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

HS2 north of Birmingham delayed again and Old Oak Common, not Euston, initial London terminus
Peter Stonham

With rail projects, Phase 2a of the HS2 project between Birmingham and Crewe has been pushed back by two years. Plans to extend HS2 to its London terminus at Euston will now be delivered at the same time as Phase 2b to Manchester. “We will therefore take the time to ensure we have an... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Active Travel takes a hit - more than £200m Harper admits, but actually £380m, say critics
Peter Stonham

Harper’s statement suggested that spending for active travel projects has been cut from £300m to £100m. This, he said, was part of “around £3bn investment in active travel over this Parliament, including from City and Region Sustainable Transport settlements and... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Spring Budget: City region funding, financial autonomy for mayors and money for potholes

Delivering £8.8bn City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) and £1bn for ‘levelling up’ and were among the pledges announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Spring Budget last week.  CRSTS will cover 2027-28 to 2031-32, with funding for Greater Manchester... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Lack of engagement before new roads policy set, say Welsh ministers
Rhodri Clark

A Senedd motion which criticised “lack of engagement” by the Welsh Roads Review Panel has been supported by 54 MSs with no opposition or abstentions. First Minister Mark Drakeford and Climate Change Minister Julie James voted for the motion but her deputy, Lee Waters, was... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News
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New single carriageway will ‘end rat running’ through Melton Mowbray
Deniz Huseyin

A new road to “divert rat running” away from Melton Mowbray town centre in Leicestershire will “reduce congestion improve air quality and provide faster local journeys”, according to the Government. The £115.2m scheme includes £49.5 from the Government, alongside... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News
Plan to remove street trees in Sheffield revealed  ‘failure of strategic leadership’

Plan to remove street trees in Sheffield revealed ‘failure of strategic leadership’
Deniz Huseyin

Sheffield City Council’s scheme to remove thousands of street trees and... continue

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Consultant finds that light rail would reduce Anglesey rail reopening cost
Rhodri Clark

The proposed reopening of a derelict railway on the island of Anglesey could be achieved at 35% lower capital cost if light rail rather than heavy rail technology were used, according to consultant WSP. Reopening the Anglesey Central Railway, which passes through the county town of Llangefni,... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Young people in Glasgow lack the ‘confidence’ to travel by bus, survey finds

Nearly 30% of young of people in Glasgow responding to a survey admitted that they lacked the confidence to travel by bus.  The survey, carried out by operator First Bus, found that younger respondents, aged 18-34, were nearly 10% more likely to report that low confidence prevents them from... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Stagecoach steps in to run Chester-Crewe service after Arriva North West pulls out

Stagecoach has joined with D&G Bus to provide buses for the route from Chester to Crewe, after Arriva North West said it was pulling out of the area. Route 84 will operate out of Stagecoach’s Chester Depot 24 April. The service will run Monday to Saturday as an hourly service between... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

NHS factors in transport decarbonisation and active travel to new hospital plans
Rhodri Clark

A NHS board is developing a Transport and Accessibility Strategy which will inform the development of a new hospital site and support other national plans for transport, active travel and clean air. Hywel Dda University Health Board, which covers the rural counties of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Wales considers banning multi apping by private hire drivers

The Welsh Government is considering preventing private hire drivers from working for multiple operators at the same time, in an attempt to stop the “multi-apping” which can lead to sudden cancellations of bookings. The proposal is one of many in a white paper which the government is now... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

Waters says AV forecasts too uncertain to guide infrastructure investment
Rhodri Clark

The effect that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will have on road traffic volumes is too uncertain to influence current decision making on enhancing network capacity, according to Welsh Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters. “We don’t yet know for sure what the reaction is going to... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

New HGV 'Green Levy' to start in August

The Government has confirmed plans to introduce a replacement HGV 'green' levy in which carbon dioxide emissions, estimated according to the weight of the vehicle, and its environmental performance are taken into account, whilst ensuring that the levy liability is as closely aligned as possible to... continue

22 Mar 2023Local Transport Today News

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