Is motorway electric car charging about to become MUCH better? Transport Minister to enforce new rules to make them more reliable and accessible Currently one firm dominates charging points on UK motorways Transport Minister Rachel Maclean says this will change soon Anyone with a contactless card will be able to use the points By Grace … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… ‘smart’ motorways By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:05 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 25 February 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
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
England is to get at least seven new smart motorways as part of a £27billilon package of improvements to the country’s roads, according to reports today. Highways England is to set out its five year plan of major road improvements later today, according to The Times. The plans, which were partly released back in March, … Read more
Installing overhead charging cables to power fleets of electric lorries would almost entirely eliminate UK road freight transport emissions by the late 2030s, according to a new government-funded report published this month. The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight’s white paper on ‘e-highways’ said they would cost an estimated £19.3billion to implement the overhead lines, similar … Read more
Motorways ‘currently look like a cross between a caravan and boat show’, police have said after millions hit the roads as the official school holidays begin for many families. The busy roads heading southbound towards Cornwall, South Devon and Plymouth are pilling up with traffic ahead of the weekend, as many families set off on … 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
Panorama is criticised by BBC bosses after reporter took BOTH hands off the steering wheel during episode about ‘Britain’s Killer Motorways’ BBC upheld complaint against Panorama after presenter took hands off wheel Viewers said reporter Richard Bilton gave a ‘bad example of driving’ on show Programme, aired on 27 January, found to have breached the … Read more
The grieving widow of a man killed on a smart motorway has today blasted the Transport Secretary’s ‘offensive’ safety plans to improve the controversial roads. An 18-point safety plan was announced today to keep the roads running across the UK despite 38 deaths in five years. Jason Mercer was killed just 15 minutes after saying goodbye … Read more
Cameras that spot broken down cars on smart motorways aren’t monitored all of the time, Highways England bosses admits Highways England insists the ‘smart’ routes are as safe as normal motorways The smart motorways don’t have a hard shoulder but do have refuges for cars Motoring groups have attacked the £6bn scheme after series of … Read more