The Transport Action Network (TAN) has demanded the Department for Transport (DfT) cancel £15bn worth of upcoming road schemes tabled by the previous Conservative government, including the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
Local roads in the UK are at a crisis point after years of underfunding, which has left authorities unable to maintain them to the required level.
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has urged the government to make a number of “now or never” decisions related to the UK rail network in the upcoming Autumn Budget.
Transport secretary Louise Haigh has today, 3 September, launched “Shadow” Great British Railways (Shadow GBR) as the first step in the long-awaited major overhaul of the UK’s rail network.
Photo-realistic images of the revamped Darlington station made by Aecom have been revealed by Network Rail, offering a glimpse into the £140M project due to be completed by 2025.
A London Assembly member has called for the Crossrail 2 route to be safeguarded and insisted the line would benefit the whole of the UK.
The transport secretary is commencing an internal review of the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) capital spend portfolio to find ways of closing a £2.9bn funding gap for this year, which could spell the end for some large infrastructure projects.
The Department for Transport is not delivering funding or guidance for local roads maintenance effectively to local authorities due to large gaps in its data, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
The cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham has seen billions of pounds and most benefits squandered, with the project now in an awkward state, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has detailed.
The new transport secretary has said the new motto of the Department for Transport (DfT) is “move fast and fix things” as she set out five priorities to deliver “the biggest overhaul to transport in a generation”.
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