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Friday, 16 October 2020

Times Online

• Unmarked police lorries spy reckless road users (subscription)First came the radar gun, then the speed camera. Now misbehaving motorists have a new nemesis: the undercover police lorry

This is Money

• Retired electric car batteries to be used in mobile charging stationsThe aim is to provide a sustainable second-use model for the batteries, which lose capacity over time and after years of use are deemed no longer efficient for electric cars

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Major £30m scheme announced to protect A55 from floodingThe Abergwyngregyn to Tai’r Meibion scheme will improve safety along a 2.2km stretch of the carriageway

Cambridge News

• We tried out Cambridge's new e-scooters - and this is what we thought50 e-scooters were rolled out in Cambridge today as part of a year-long trial

Other Regional Press

• New 'high-speed' roundabout for Bicester is put on holdAFTER several fatalities at a roundabout in Bicester, plans to build a new one in the town have been put on hold as councillors want to make sure the junction is as safe as possible.
• Daytime works to cause delays on M27 this weekend - Details WORK is set to be carried out on part of the M27 this weekend, with roads bosses warning drivers to plan for delays.
• Changes for drivers as next stage of A19 road widening works goes aheadDiversions will be in place as the £70m scheme continues
• Concerns about roads and services as plans go in for 383 homes in BlackburnA NEW housing estate with more than 380 homes could be coming to Blackburn.
• Hampshire drivers face 60-mile diversion due to roadworksAll the latest roadworks and diversions that you need to know about.
• Six Coventry city centre car parks to closeUsage in the car parks has only hit 25 per cent during Covid
• New A27 Arundel bypass will avoid South Downs National ParkTHE NEW route of a controversial bypass in West Sussex has been announced by Highways England - and it will avoid the national park.
• Community fury at new A27 Arundel bypass plansA COMMUNITY group says plans for the new Arundel bypass route will

New Civil Engineer

• DfT agrees to ‘some funding’ for Hammersmith Bridge permanent repairsDfT permanent secretary Bernadette Kelly confirmed that the government had agreed to provide "some funding" for permanent repairs, during a Public Accounts Committee meeting held yesterday