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Roads programme in turmoil!
Roads programme in turmoil! Transport Action Network (TAN) [1] has welcomed the statement by Mark Harper (Secretary of State for Transport) that several road schemes in the second roads programme (RIS2) will be further delayed [2]. They are: Lower Thames Crossing - construction delayed by two years [3] A27 Arundel...
WG places climate at heart of decisions on roadbuilding
Welsh Government places climate at heart of future road investment TAN Cymru [1] welcomes today's announcement by the Welsh Government to radically change the way it views future road investment. It places the climate and ecological emergency, alongside the need to reform the way we work, live and travel, at...
WG landmark decision on roadbuilding
Welsh landmark decision on future road investment TAN [1] has welcomed the Welsh Government's announcement today to radically change the way it makes future road investment. It places the climate and ecological emergency at the heart of decision making on infrastructure spending [2], a first for any of the home...
Greenwashing of roads ramps up ahead of budget
Greenwashing of roads ramps up ahead of budget Transport Action Network [1] believes that the Government's announcement of £30 million for projects to reduce road construction emissions [2] is a distraction from the Government's failure to stop making things worse by building more roads. While all efforts to reduce carbon...
Review calls for reassessment of road schemes
Review calls for reassessment of road schemes A group of senior academics [1] has today published a report [2] on the future of road building in England. It has called for all road projects not in construction to be reappraised to ensure that they meet broader policy aims and in...
Budget cuts delay roads review
Budget cuts delay roads review As a result of the UK Chancellor's recent autumn statement, the Welsh Government's capital budgets will be reduced by nearly 10% in the coming years. This will directly impact on the decisions the Welsh Government is able to make, including on transport. In 2021 Deputy...
Personal incomes sacrificed to enable climate busting vanity road schemes to continue
Personal incomes sacrificed to enable climate busting vanity road schemes to continue Campaigners today criticised the Chancellor for failing to take the opportunity to save billions of pounds in tax rises by scrapping, white elephant road schemes. His decision to continue supporting carbon intensive infrastructure during a climate emergency and...
Unaffordable road building sanctioned while councils cut bus and other essential services
Unaffordable road building sanctioned while councils cut bus and other essential services Transport for the South East (TfSE) [1] yesterday agreed to proceed with its Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) [2] despite concerns about its affordability [3] and climate impacts [4]. Most of the discussion focussed on 'telling a better story'...
Carbon intensive transport plan set to ignore COP27 concerns
Carbon intensive transport plan set to ignore COP27 concerns Transport for the South East (TfSE) [1] is set to approve its carbon intensive Strategic Investment Plan (SIP), on Monday [2]. The SIP, which saw decarbonisation and the environment as the biggest concerns raised in its consultation [3], will increase carbon...
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