Tunnel division! Row as 143-year-old Queensbury Tunnel is threatened by Highways England ‘cultural vandals’ who want to block the historic structure Queensbury Tunnel is threatened by ‘cultural vandals’ at Highways England Campaigners who want to turn it into Britain’s longest underground cycle path Some 7,700 objections lodged against controversial proposal in West Yorkshire By Richard … Read more
Roads boss who oversaw ‘death trap’ smart motorways quits his £456,000 job at Highways England Jim O’Sullivan played down the risks posed by controversial smart motorways Mr O’Sullivan, a top paid civil servant, was awarded a £54,000 pay rise last year He caused fury last year when he rejected calls to pause the £1.6billion programme, … Read more
A £75million fund made available to Highways England to cut pollution on the nation’s motorways over the previous five years was only half spent – and the Government-owned company failed to identify any ‘effective solutions’ despite the sizable financial outlay, according to an official review. Some £38.7million has been squandered on a trial of pollution … Read more
Nature experts unveil plan for network of wildflower ‘highways’ across UK to help bees, butterflies and insects move around the country A plan for ‘B-Lines’, corridors of flowers and plants, has been laid out by Buglife Pollinating insects are declining as meadows and other habitats have gone People also being encouraged to help pollinators by … Read more
The Department for Transport confirmed today that for the seventh consecutive year there has been no meaningful reduction in fatalities on Britain’s roads. The latest report on 2018 road casualties confirmed there were 1,784 deaths – down just one per cent compared to the previous year – although British roads are already among the safest in … Read more