Drivers caught exceeding 50mph on the M4 around Newport face fines from today when cameras are switched on a year after being installed. The limit between junctions 24 and 28 of the motorway around Newport was lowered to 50mph to tackle pollution caused by congestion as traffic bunched up. The Welsh government said it marked the final stage of a plan to improve air quality … [Read more...]
Transport Fails Wales, say opposition
The Welsh Labour run Government has come under attack over its transport policies and decisions which it is described as ‘bogged down, stuck, and going nowhere”. Transport Fails Wales, says Wales infrastructure committee chairman. Russell George AM chaired a meeting of the National Assembly’s Economy, Infrastructure, and Skills Committee, which focused on rail services. The meeting follows … [Read more...]
Newslines 16 November
Cardiff Council is expected to get tough on illegally parked or untaxed vehicles abandoned on the streets, and it could be removing 20 a week. It already has powers to clamp and remove illegally parked vehicles but does not always use them and the additional powers would see them taking over duties from the DVLA with abandoned cars early in 2019. Wales First Minister intends to decide on the … [Read more...]
Newslines extra 12 September
Wales Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe has questioned spending £1.4 Billion on the planned M4 relief road around Newport, including a new bridge over the Usk, remodelling the docks and building on grazing land. It will not cut congestion and is a "20th Century solution to a 21st Century problem”, said Ms Howe and suggested money would be better spent on rail and bus links, cycle … [Read more...]
Breaking news: M4 relief road will get AMs vote
Welsh Assembly Members will get a vote later this year on Government plans for the M4 Relief Road around Newport. Responding to the Welsh Government’s announcement today that Assembly Members will get a vote on the proposed M4 Relief Road, Shadow Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Russell George AM, said, “We welcome the Welsh Government’s clarity this afternoon that Assembly Members … [Read more...]
M4 relief road work begins
Three firms have been awarded the contract to start work on the £1bn M4 relief road project around Newport. The Welsh Government has jointly awarded it to Costain, Vinci Construction and Taylor Woodrow. The plans include 14 miles of new motorway and a one-mile long viaduct over the River Usk. It will also mean major re-modelling of M4 junctions 23 and 29 with development work starting … [Read more...]