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Government urged to make a decision on HS2 route
Supporters and opponents of the paused Birmingham-to-Leeds rail link are concerned about its future.
Alistair Osborne: Head in the clouds over Heathrow [subscription]
Look on the bright side. At least the Civil Aviation Authority has stopped Heathrow’s billionaire owners jacking up passenger charges by 90 per cent. Still, it’s not ruled out “a real increase of around 60 per cent”. What is the CAA? A regulator or some sort of conduit for the flow of funds to China, Qatar and a bunch of minted infrastructure investors?
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
The Telegraph
- More taxes needed on cars and gas bills to reach net zero, warns Treasury [subscription]Black hole in public finances must be filled, admit ministers as they publish most comprehensive plan yet for how to hit climate change goal
Times Online
- Lorry driver shortage ‘to drag on for another year’ [subscription]Duncan Buchanan, the association’s policy director, told the Commons business committee: “Things are not visibly getting better, and I know there are a number of measures that have been put in place . . . but on the ground that isn’t having much of an effect.”
Birmingham Post
- The Teesside tech firm helping the HGV driver shortage crisisThe Avail Technologies app has seen soaring demand as HGV drivers are urged to get back behind the wheel
- Electric cars, 'guilt-free planes' and tree planting feature in net zero strategyThe strategy details how the Government aims to meet its legal target to cut climate-warming emissions to net zero by 2050
London Evening Standard
- Boris Johnson announces £1billion boost for electric car revolutionPM unveils plan for net zero carbon - and pleads to keep Cop26 on track
New Civil Engineer
- M4 upgrade complete after ‘ingenious solution’ shaves 12 months off constructionNational Highways’ congestion-busting M4 scheme has opened to traffic after an "ingenious solution" cut 12 months off its construction timeline.
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