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Sunday, 19 January 2025

BBC News

• Families cannot cross own road due to bridge worksResidents of a street close to where a train derailed have said ongoing works are a "nuisance".

Times Online

• Start-up wins £100m backing to roll out green refuelling sites. [subscription]Aegis Energy secures investment to offer biofuel and electric charging for trucks and vans, with plans to build 30 sites in the UK by the end of the decade

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• West Yorkshire drivers are urged to watch their speedDRIVERS are being urged to watch their speed - as Government figures show it contributes to around half of all fatal collisions in Britain.

The York Press

• Plans to dual York Outer Ring Road could be scaled back amid funding reviewNew sources of funding for the York Outer Ring Road are set to be explored, the council’s transport spokesperson has said amid warnings the project could be scaled back.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Secretary of State for Transport visits Black Country car cruising hot spot after tragic deathsSecretary of State for Transport visits Black Country car cruising hot spot and promises action.

Bucks Free Press

• Record ?20m allocated to fix Buckinghamshire potholesMore than ?20 million has been allocated to tackle the pothole problem in Buckinghamshire.

Transport Action Network

• Scrapped Stonehenge road could fund south west's sustainable travel revolutionTransport Action Network (TAN) today publishes a new report [1], commissioned to explore better transport connectivity for the South West, after the scrapping of two highly contentious road schemes by the Government. It has been produced by transport policy experts, Greengauge 21 [2]. The report proposes using some of the ?2.5 billion [2] saved by cancelling the A303 Stonehenge and A358 schemes [3] to invest in rail, bus and active travel instead
• Lower Thames Crossing will supercharge carbon emissions while plundering nation's infrastructure budgetResponding to the UK Government's latest consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) proposal, Transport Action Network (TAN) has deplored National Highways for completely washing its hands of its unaffordable scheme?s wider environmental impacts, in particular road user carbon emissions.