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Wednesday, 21 October 2020

The Guardian

• Highways England rebrand accused of being an 'offensive' waste of £7mExclusive: National Highways name sparks anger in Wales, which looks after its own roadsThe government is planning to spend an estimated £7m to rebrand Highways England as National Highways, just five years after its last multimillion-pound rebranding.The change of name, which is understood to have been forced on the agency's leadership by the Department for Transport, has bemused observers.

Times Online

• Paris halves street parking to make way for greenery [subscription]Half the street parking spaces of Paris are to be eliminated in the latest move by the city authorities to vanquish cars.
• Air pollution costs city dwellers £880 a year [subscription]The damage to health caused by air pollution costs the average UK city resident £880 per year, a study has found.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Is your HGV ready to cross the border?As part of its plans to help hauliers and HGV drivers understand if they are carrying the right documentation, the UK government is developing a new web service. Check an HGV is Ready to Cross the Border has been set up for the Roll on Roll off (RoRo) Freight Industry.  For the end of the transition period, the Service will be introduced for RoRo freight leaving GB for the EU and will help ensure that only vehicles carrying the correct customs and import/export documentation for the EU’s import controls travel to the ports. Following a public consultati...