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UK seeks private partners for new Heathrow airport rail link
Private companies will be invited this summer to fund, finance and build a £1.6bn railway between London’s Heathrow airport and the south of the capital under government plans to expand Britain’s rail network without spending taxpayer money.
350 miles of smart motorway ‘brought in by stealth’ [subscription]
Highways bosses have been accused of introducing smart motorways by stealth to avoid public scrutiny. An independent report said that motorists had been repeatedly misled over the expansion of motorways without a hard shoulder, often being provided with “incomplete information”.
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
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- Trial of Uber-style community transport booking system will run in Inverurie areaInverurie residents will be the first in Aberdeenshire to hop aboard a new Uber-style public transport system being tried out in the north-east.
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- Musselburgh High Street’s £36,000 bus stop projectWORK is to start on a £36,000 project to relocate Musselburgh High Street bus stops in a bid to ease congestion and reduce journey times.
- Lancashire bus company set to return all routes to pre-lockdown timetablesA Lancashire bus operator says it will return to all of its routes to pre-lockdown timetables.
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- MRT, bus commuters could be subject to frisk searches under proposed laws[SINGAPORE] Commuters taking the bus or train here could be subject to frisk searches by police officers and other "senior approved persons" under proposed laws introduced in Parliament on Monday (April 5).
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