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Government rejects council's £57m bid for M25 and A22 upgrades to facilitate 4,000-home garden community
The funding would have been used to increase capacity on highways running through the proposed 4,000-home South Godstone Garden Community
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Mick Whelan, general secretary, has called on the government to help two open access operators – Hull Trains and Grand Central – which are furloughing rail staff.
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- Warning to Sadiq Khan on bus driver coronavirus risk [subscription]The mayor of London is under growing pressure to provide personal protective equipment to transport staff after 14 infected workers, including nine bus drivers, died in the capital.
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- Arriva North East responds to bus driver safety concernsA NORTH-EAST bus company has responded to concerns that bus drivers could be at risk of contracting coronavirus while carrying out day-to-day duties at work.
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- What Reading Buses is doing to protect passengers and staff from Covid-19All drivers have been equipped with hand sanitiser and seats closest to the cabin have been cordoned off
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- New measures introduced to protect London bus drivers from coronavirus after deaths of 15 transport workersThe deaths of at least 15 transport workers has brought into sharp focus how exposed some key workers are during the coronavirus pandemic.
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