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Tuesday, 26 March 2024

The Guardian

• Ancient Welsh mountain byway threatened by resurfacing plansConservationists fear tranquility offered by the Monks Trod path could be ruined if made accessible to off-road vehicles. Winding its way through the Cambrian mountains in mid Wales, the Monks Trod byway was built to link two medieval abbeys and is now a wild and wonderful route for people seeking a little tranquility.

Times Online

• Business duo warn Glasgow over ‘lazy’ parking charge plans. [subscription]Lord Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter fear the council’s new measures will work against efforts to regenerate the city centre

Transport Committee

• MPs to debate National Networks National Policy Statement following Transport Committee inquiryThe Government’s new suite of planning regulations that ministers will use to determine ‘nationally significant’ road and rail projects will be debated in the House of Commons on the afternoon of Tuesday, 26 March.

Nation. Cymru

• How the Welsh Conservatives would improve transport in WalesBe in no doubt, a Welsh Conservative Government would end Labour’s war on motorists from day one and get our country moving again.

South Wales Argus

• Ken Skates says M4 relief road costs would be 'astronomical'WALES’ new transport secretary has said he “can’t see” an M4 relief road being built due to “astronomical” costs and the work that has already taken place on "alternative solutions".

Other News Sources

• Cab drivers slammed over 'horrendous weeing and pooing' near Heathrow Airport homesThe enforcement seeks to crackdown on littering, property damage, defecation and urination on public land and in communities close to Heathrow Airport.