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Large road schemes in the Transport Infrastructure Review

On 30 July 2024, the Transport Secretary Louise Haigh announced a Transport Infrastructure Review. This will include all road schemes in National Highways' roads programme, many of which are unaffordable and outdated, trying to solve 20th century problems. The funding would be better used for vital rail freight, public transport...
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Lower Thames Crossing Myths and Facts

Myth The planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing is 2,383 documents and 359,000 pages long. Fact This myth originated from a roads lobby group called Britain Remade, but has been repeated - unchecked - by mainstream media, including in the Times, FT, and politicians. We have fact checked these...
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Bridge infill scandals

When British Rail was broken up for privatisation, its assets were dispersed amongst various players in the rail industry or flogged off, often with little thought to their wider value or importance. For some bizarre reason National Highways, a company solely focussed on maintaining and developing the strategic roads network,...
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