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The Department for Transport (DfT) is urgently seeking local authority transport data to aid the response to Covid-19.
ITS (UK) said it is is supporting the DfT – an executive member – in sourcing data sets of transport movements from local authorities across the country.
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- Government to provide free car parking for NHS and social care staffThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is giving immediate financial backing for all NHS trusts to provide free car parking to NHS staff for the duration of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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- Stonehenge design and build narrows to three-JV shortlistHighways England has shortlisted three international joint ventures for the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge upgrade project.
- National road repair bill climbs to £11.14bn, ALARM survey showsEstimated cost of repairing local roads in England and Wales is more than £1bn, according to this year’s ALARM survey of local authority highway departments, published today.
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- The Department for Transport (DfT) is urgently seeking local authority transport data to aid the response to Covid-19.ITS (UK) said it is is supporting the DfT – an executive member – in sourcing data sets of transport movements from local authorities across the country.
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- Free parking for all frontline coronavirus workers NHS staff are to be given free car parking with immediate effect at hospitals and other medical facilities for the duration of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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