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Sunday, 28 January 2024

The Guardian

• Deadliest six months on Australian roads since 2010 leaves industry demanding answersMotoring association criticises data quality and say Australia has 'no credible plan' to reduce incidents as nation records 677 deaths since July 2023Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe second half of 2023 was the deadliest six months on Australian roads since 2010, but there is 'no credible plan' to make roads safer, the industry claims, as it pleads for better data to understand what is causing the surge in fatal crashes.In the three months to September 2023, there were 341 road deaths nationally. The following quarter's figures decreased only slightl...

Times Online

• ’Potholes deep as buckets’: the grim state of Scotland’s roads [subscription]Funding cuts and climate change have made a perfect storm for the country’s mean streets
• Watch out SUV drivers, big cars will pay more for parking [subscription]With cars getting ever bigger, higher fees are being brought in for vehicles accused of damaging roads, taking up more space and causing pollution

Bolton News

• Bolton Advanced Motorists head gives opinion on satnav closure planFollowing the announcement of new regulations which will force satnav companies to put road closures and parking spaces on their maps, a Bolton driving guru has given his verdict.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Three weeks of A55 roadworks works near Penmaenbach headland start this weekendThere will be a 30mp speed restriction and a contraflow in place through the main westbound tunnel

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Removal of free County Durham parking scheme to be reconsideredA Labour Party motion calling on the cabinet to reconsider removing the scheme has received unanimous cross-party support

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Drivers warned of disruption with several Staffordshire road closures for essential works dueThere is set to be disruption on the roads across two districts in Staffordshire with a raft of closures and diversions for roadworks due.

Cambridge News

• Drivers to start getting fines from enforcement officers for bad parking in South CambridgeshireA Cambridgeshire County councillor advised drivers to check the Highway Code

Get Surrey

• Guildford temporary traffic lights set to cause month of delays on A323 Aldershot RoadA zebra crossing near a school is being upgraded - with drivers being advised that delays are 'likely' while work takes place