Private parking firms are on course to issue a record 14.5m tickets to drivers this year with just five companies responsible for almost half, RAC analysis of latest government data shows. In the first half of the 2024/25 financial year, requests to the DVLA from car park management companies for vehicle keeper details hit 7.2m – the equivalent of 41,000 a … [Read more...]
Motorists’ pothole damage deepens
RAC patrols attended 9,439 pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of 2025 – more than double the number they were called out to between October and December last year, new data from the RAC’s Pothole Index shows. What’s more, call-outs for damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs or distorted wheels – the breakdowns most likely to be … [Read more...]
Easter getaway jams coming for 19 million motorists
This week’s Easter bank holiday getaway could be the busiest since 2022 – the first full break after COVID lockdowns – with more than 19m leisure journeys planned, according to a new study of drivers’ getaway plans by the RAC and traffic analytics specialists INRIX. Research suggests traffic will be equally severe on Thursday, Good Friday and Saturday with … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 April
More than 100,000 drivers in Wales have been caught over the 20mph speed limit since it was introduced in September 2023, according to new data. The latest data from GoSafe revealed 7,958 offences recorded in north Wales and 7,326 in mid and south Wales in August, while last month 4,950 offences were recorded in north Wales and 4,128 in mid and south Wales … [Read more...]
Road maintenance is dramatically shortening, says RAC
Just 3% of England’s 183,054-mile council-run road network received any form of road maintenance in the last 2023/24 financial year, shows new government data analysed by the RAC. In total, 4,894 miles of all road types were strengthened, resurfaced or preserved in 2023/24, representing an 18% increase or 750 miles in maintenance work compared to the year … [Read more...]
Call for safety review on A48 after three die
South Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies has called on the Welsh Government to commission an urgent engineering review of the A48 after three people died in a crash near Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan. The incident marks the fifth fatality on the stretch of road in the past two years and happened around 5pm on Tuesday. A 60mph limit exists there at the … [Read more...]
Logistics UK to advise on Holyhead Port
Business group Logistics UK was invited by the Welsh government to join its task-force examining the disruption at Holyhead caused by storm damage to the port infrastructure, and identifying ways to minimise similar issues in the future. Josh Fenton, Policy Manager and policy lead for Wales said that it is essential that lessons are learned to maintain the … [Read more...]
21m journeys expected this weekend
More than 21m leisure journeys are expected to be made by car this weekend as most schools in England finish for the Easter holidays, according to an RAC survey of drivers’ getaway plans. Friday 4 April – the day the Easter term ends for most schools – and Saturday 5 April could spell some of the worst delays for drivers as an estimated 3.4m trips are due … [Read more...]
£1 Billion bill to fix Welsh roads
Wales is crumbling under a near £1 Billion bill to fix potholed roads. A pothole has been filled once every six minutes, every day, for 10 years in Wales, but still the backlog of carriageway repairs has reached new heights and is now approaching £1 billion. The figures, from this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey report, spell … [Read more...]
Families unfairly hit by Welsh plans to penalise cars
Cardiff's proposed congestion charge will penalise hard-working families faced with no alternative to using cars, say Senedd opposition members. Responding to his Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport. Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Peter Fox MS, highlighted the Welsh Labour Government's ongoing … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 47
- Next Page »
