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Long-awaited £20m road linking town centre with the M6 has opened
Work on the A49 link road began in late 2018
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- Amazon becomes back-seat driver [Subscription]Amazon has made its most significant foray into self-driving vehicles with the purchase of Zoox, an autonomous taxi start-up, for more than $1 billion.
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- Amazon buys self-driving startup Zoox for $1bnAmazon has acquired US self-driving startup Zoox, marking its first major step into the driverless cars market. The deal is The post Amazon buys self-driving startup Zoox for $1bn appeared first on CityAM.
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- Air pollution in London rising to pre-pandemic levels Air pollution levels in London, Paris, Rome and other European cities have all bounced back as a result of coronavirus lockdowns being eased, a new report says.
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- Long-awaited £20m road linking town centre with the M6 has openedWork on the A49 link road began in late 2018
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- Swindon council to spend £500,000 on improving safety at roads near schoolsHighways officers at Swindon Borough Council have come up with a ranking system to decide on which roads near schools need action most urgently.
- Town-wide 20mph limit given go-aheadA blanket 20mph speed limit will be enforced on roads across a Kent town for six months, council bosses have revealed.
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- The wait continues for learner drivers and their instructorsALTHOUGH driving lessons remain suspended – with the exception of key workers – the industry is aiming for July 4 as the provisional date on which learner drivers can get back on the road.
- Europe’s car emissions spiked again in 2019, warn new statsEurope's average CO2 emissions from passenger cars increased again in 2019, according to the EU's environment agency, marking the third consecutive year that the statistics have trended upwards.
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