The Welsh Conservatives have accused the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay of pulverising motorists following the news that road tolls and congestion charges are part of its transport plan. News of the latest punishment for drivers – which forms part of Labour’s transport plan – comes just days after the Labour and Plaid Cymru coalition under the alias of their cooperation agreement powered … [Read more...]
Welsh Government wasted £1.7 Million on abandoned road
Nearly £1.7 million of taxpayer cash has been wasted on a road project which has now been axed by the Labour Government. Labour ministers announced they wouldn’t be pressing ahead with plans to build the much-needed Llanbedr access road – a move which has caused uproar in the area, although some villagers did not want the road. Now it has been revealed the Labour administration had already spent … [Read more...]
£2 Billion cycle-plan ignores vital deliveries
London’s protected cycleways will be rolled out to other English cities in a £2 Billion programme, but it’s already raised concerns in the logistics sector. In response to the government’s package of announcements made 28 July 2020 on urban road use, Natalie Chapman, Head of Urban Policy at Logistics UK, formerly FTA, said, “The government’s plans present an opportunity to make cycling a more … [Read more...]
£78M for Welsh transport schemes
Active travel links, electric car charging facilities and road improvement projects across Wales benefit from a share of £78million funding from the Welsh Government Local Transport Fund. Transport Secretary Ken Skates has announced £78million of additional funding given the green light by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford, and will be broken down into £26million instalments over the three … [Read more...]
Planners not calculating true transport costs
Planners are pushing traffic problems down the road, according to analysis of a new report. A recent survey by consultants Emmerson Hill Associates indicates that travel costs by road are most severely impacted, not by the cost of operating cars, but by congestion caused through bad junction design, poor road infrastructure, bad planning and over-engineered or costly “solutions” to traffic … [Read more...]