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Friday, 10 January 2025

BBC News

• Businesses call for Lower Thames Crossing approvalA group of 80 businesses is calling for the government to approve the Lower Thames Crossing, to relieve congestion caused by the Dartford Crossing.
• Road users fed up with poor conditions - surveyThe majority of people were dissatisfied with the condition of the roads where they live, a study analysing transport habits found. Almost 4,000 residents across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were surveyed by Transport East in spring 2024 about how they travel.
• Travel agents demand probe into airport road floodThe A555 was completed in 2018 and has repeatedly flooded during heavy rainfall.

The Mirror

• Using mobile phone at the wheel could become legal again - but it depends on the carDepartment for Transport commissioned Loughborough University and University College London to investigate road safety, which it says remains "our absolute priority" despite the development

Transport Scotland

• National Speed Management Review consultationA series of in person engagement events has been announced as part of the consultation on proposed changes to speed limits in Scotland.