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Saturday, 13 December 2014

BBC News

• Snowploughs reopen A9 in HighlandsTraffic Scotland says the A9 has been reopened after being closed from near Aviemore to Inverness to allow snowploughs to clear the road.

The Guardian

• Yodel warns of parcel backlog as Christmas deliveries face delaysFears of a Christmas parcels logjam have escalated, with Yodel, the UK’s biggest delivery company after Royal Mail, admitting that it has stopped collecting parcels from retailers as it struggles to deliver the vast volume of online present shopping.
• Sudanese man killed on M25 after clinging to underside of lorryMan, who is believed to have travelled to UK from Calais, is thought to have fallen under wheels of lorryA man from Sudan who is believed to have travelled to the the UK from Calais while clinging to the bottom of a lorry has died after falling beneath the vehicle’s wheels.Officers from the Roads and Transport Policing Command are appealing for witnesses to the fatal collision that took place at 7pm on Friday between junctions 24 and 25 of the M25. Continue reading...

Mail Online

• M4 worse affected motorway with 34 scheduled repairs over Christmas week Families planning car journeys face added misery this year – with a staggering 403 roadworks projects going on during Christmas week, and the M4 will be the worst affected motorway.
• Welsh driver wins battle after proving road markings were the wrong size  David Erasmus, of Hendy, Wales, was able to get the charge of speeding, going 36mph past a primary school in a 30mph zone, dropped after he proved the road markings were three inches too short.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Welsh Government announces funding for 20mph zones outside three Gwynedd schoolsTransport Minister Edwina Hart announces safety measures to benefit Ysgol Y Ganllwyd, Ysgol Gynradd Bontnewydd and Ysgol OM Edwards

London Evening Standard

• Multimillion-pound link between London and Norwich set to open after 40 years A multimillion-pound dual carriageway first proposed 40 years ago has been officially opened amid promises it will provide an economic boost.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Essex highways chief pledges £5m to kick-start A120 dualling campaignThe councillor in charge of roads in Essex is set this afternoon to announce a £5million boost to the campaign to dual the A120 between Marks Tey and Braintree

The Shields Gazette

• Vibrations from traffic not unusual, concerned residents toldsouth Shields residents concerned about vibrations caused by traffic using the road outside their homes have been told the problem is not unusual.

Other Regional Press

• £4.5 million to improve Northamptonshire roundabout on the A43South Northamptonshire Council (SNC) has been given £4.5 million in funding to make improvements to the Abthorpe roundabout as part of its ongoing work to connect the Towcester Relief Road to the A43.
• Parking fines net Portsmouth City Council £3.5m in just two yearsMILLIONS of pounds have been made in Portsmouth from parking charges and fines, The News can reveal.

Other News Sources

• A11 dual carriageway opensA multi-million pound investment to upgrade a vital transport link in the East of England came to fruition today (Friday 12 December) as the new A11 dual carriageway was opened by the Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.