Welsh Transport Minister Edwina Hart will today officially open the £150M Brynmawr to Tredegar improvement of the A465 adjacent to the proposed new Circuit of Wales site.
It has created a dual carriageway of just under five miles to alleviate the issues of poor visibility, lack of overtaking opportunities and accident hotspots and is part of a longer scheme along the main road to the midlands from south and west wales.
Plummeting consumer confidence in diesel cars will benefit hybrid and electric vehicle sales, according to an expert in energy technology at the University of East Anglia.
Dr Konstantinos Chalvatzis, a senior lecturer in business and climate change at UEA’s Norwich Business School, said “It is important to consider the environmental angle since this is really a scandal about vehicle emissions that will impact the debates about diesel/petrol and electric mobility.”
UK engine output rose 15.8% in August, with 112,777 units produced.
There was a boost for home and export markets, with demand up 15.1% and 16.3% respectively and year-to-date volumes remain steady at 1,562,503, down 3.4% on 2014.
Cars, vans and trucks registered from 1 January 2019 must be fitted with fuel consumption meters in their permanent instruments display.
EU ministers want them fitted to alert drivers to how much fuel they use and to encourage savings.
A bewildering mix of tolls and charging systems exist across European roads, APH has found.
The parking and hotels group surveyed the most popular countries for autumn and winter breaks and discovered a complex system which it has now outlined.