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Friday, 29 June 2012

Department for Transport

• Transport statistics The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics: Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain Main Results: 2011 Road Traffic Statistics in Great Britain: 2011 Road Lengths Statistics in Great Britain: 2011 Free Flow Vehicle Speeds Statistics in Great Britain: 2011 Driver and rider tests and instructor statistics (Annual 2011/12)
• £22 Million transport package for Ipswich gets go-ahead Work on a new £22 million package of sustainable town centre transport measures in Ipswich has been given the final go ahead by Transport Minister Norman Baker today.

The Herald

• Swinney unveils £20m upgrade for A75A STRETCH of road on which there has been a spate of fatal crashes, including one that claimed a baby's life, is to be upgraded using money underspent by the Scottish Government last year.
• Rise in UK road accident deaths despite drop in Scottish figuresTHE number of people killed in road traffic accidents has increased for the first time in nine years across the UK, despite fatalities falling to an all-time low in Scotland.

Mail Online

• Road death toll rises for the first time in a decade with worrying increase in cyclist and pedestrian fatalities Deaths on Britain’s roads rose last year for the first time in nearly a decade, official figures reveal.

London Evening Standard

• Rain and floods wreak travel havoc Widespread disruption is expected to blight major transport routes for a second day after fierce storms and torrential downpours caused flash floods across parts of the UK.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Markings could drive you round bend “ wrong way Red-faced roads bosses have held their hands up after painting the wrong markings on the A90 in Aberdeenshire.

Other Regional Press

• Ipswich: Transport finance cleared to allow new road network to be completed Ipswich Fit for the 21st Century is aimed at improving transport links in and around the town centre – especially for public transport operators, cyclists and pedestrians.
• Anger over HGV Sunday ban callHaulage firms across Lancashire have criticised calls for HGVs to be banned from motorways on a Sunday.

The Business Desk

• Stobart keeps moving forwards STOBART Group said that it had "continued to make progress" during the first four months of its new financial year, which began on March 1.