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Saturday, 29 November 2014

BBC News

• Cuts to reduce road safety campaignThe Department of the Environment's road safety promotion campaign could be significantly curtailed as a result of budget cuts, which could also see up to 500 jobs losses across the department.
• Councils prepare for freezing roadsLocal councils say they are ready for any severe cold weather that might be on its way, with nine out of 10 increasing or maintaining salt levels.

Financial Times

• Cars fall short in UK fuel economy tests‘Gentle’ EU regime blamed for gap between advertised and real performance
• Osborne rules out rise in duty on petrolMotoring groups had feared chancellor could restore ‘escalator’ after oil price fall

The Guardian

• UK driving test to take new turnsLearner drivers may be asked to use satnav and three-point turn could be scrapped in favour of more common manoeuvresThe three-point turn could be dropped from driving tests after the government signalled the biggest shakeup in 20 years.Learners may be asked to use a satellite navigation system as part of a revised practical exam and the three-point-turn – more recently known as the “turn in the roadâ€� – could be scrapped altogether. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Aberdeen city bypass to be finished earlyA controversial city bypass will be completed ahead of schedule, ministers have pledged, as they said the £745 million project is closer to starting.
• Drivers benefit from drop in oil pricePLUNGING world oil prices have prompted leading supermarkets to cut the cost of their fuel.
• Amey to manage Forth road bridgesThe responsibility to manage and maintain the Forth Road Bridge and the new Queensferry Crossing is to be awarded to Amey.

The Telegraph

• Three-point turn could be dropped from driving testGovernment considers replacing 'turn in the road' manoeuvre with 'more realistic' skills, such as reversing out of parking bay, in test shake-up

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Protest to be held to call for A470 safety improvementsRoad safety campaigners are to stage a protest today to support calls for measures to make a busy junction safer.

London Evening Standard

• Delays expected as Dartford Crossing payments go cashless Motorists have been warned to expect delays this weekend as the Dartford Crossing is converted to the first remote payment system for a single major road in the UK.

Sheffield Star

• New ultra-fast electric charge point at MeadowhallAn ultra-fast charging point for electric cars has been installed at Meadowhall.

The York Press

• £38m ring-road upgrade backed by transport bosses MULTI-MILLION-POUND plans to upgrade York's outer ring road have been backed by regional transport bosses.

Blackpool Gazette

• M55 link revamp on trackA £4m project to carry out essential repairs to Yeadon Way is now well underway.

East Anglian Daily Times

• EU bid sought for A120 improvements between Braintree and Marks Tey and at accident spot near Little BentleyEssex County Council is urging the Secretary of State for Transport to back a bid for £10 million of European Union funding, to help improvements on the A120.

Other News Sources

• Work on £4.8m Blackburn link road scheme rescheduled WORK on the £4.8m link road scheme to speed traffic in and out of Blackburn has had to be rescheduled because of a hitch in buying a key parcel of land.