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...]
Vale of Glamorgan Council accused of parking arrogance
Senedd member Andrew RT Davies has accused the Vale of Glamorgan Council of “failing to support local people and local businesses” after they refused to meet with him and a constituent over a difficult parking matter in Barry. The South Wales Central Senedd Member had written to the Labour-run Council after meeting Matthew Evans, owner of C & H Plumbing … [Read more...]
Newslines 4 March
If you're going to Gatwick next weekend better plan ahead as the M25 will be fully closed. Work between Junctions 10 and 11 near Cobham Services necessitates closure to remove a bridge from Friday to Monday and diversions will be signed but anticipated to be heavily congested and RAC advice is to allow more time, top up fuel or charge. New number plates … [Read more...]
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