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Tuesday, 23 November 2021

BBC News

• New homes in England to have electric car chargers by lawCharging points will also be required in new supermarkets and workplaces in England under government plans.

Times Online

• Half a million drivers wait two months for paper licences [subscription]Backlog at DVLA as MPs call for urgent action to fix delays

Birmingham Post

• Welsh Government unveil £45m funding to help SMEs revive and training for new HGV drivers to chefsThe funding has jointly been announced by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething and Education Minister Jeremy Miles

Bristol Live

• Clean Air Zone in Bristol: Council ‘hopeful’ it will start late next summerThe go-live target is "challenging", according to the new officer in charge of the project has said

Bucks Free Press

• Chalfont St Peter: New service station on M25 dismissedPlans for a major motorway service station have been dismissed by a government agency.

New Civil Engineer

• 8 other planned smart motorways that could be paused after M3 job put on iceThe future of National Highways smart motorways programme remains unclear after the country's major roads operator put one of its flagship schemes on pause following recommendations made by MPs.
• Irish Sea crossing ruled out following ex-ICE presidents’ feasibility studyProposals for a bridge or tunnel connecting Britain with Northern Ireland will be officially ruled out following the publication of Union Connectivity Review.

Green Miscellany

• Coming soon: Roadside cameras to catch drivers using mobile phonesA strengthening of UK law means police will be able to more easily prosecute drivers using a hand-held mobile phone at the wheel. It’s already illegal to text or make a phone call (other than in an emergency) using a hand-held device while driving. However, next year laws will go further to ban drivers from using their phones to take… The post Coming soon: Roadside cameras to catch drivers using mobile phones appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• ‘Boris Bridge’ study may not come to pass, but it placed renewed focus on NI’s links with GB, says DUPThe feasibility study into the so-called ‘Boris Bridge’ was very useful in highlighting NI’s connections to GB, despite reports that the £20bn project will not go ahead, it is claimed.
• One in every 20 miles of Blackburn with Darwen's roads in 'poor condition'AROUND one in every 20 miles of main road in Blackburn with Darwen needs repairing, figures suggest.