Pavement parking ban ‘should be extended’
Powers to ban pavement parking should be extended across England to make streets safer, councils have said.
Powers to ban pavement parking should be extended across England to make streets safer, councils have said.
The Government has announced £8.3 billion of extra funding, re-directed from HS2, to help improve local roads in England.
Councils need new powers to decide the way local bus services are delivered to end a ‘spiral of decline’ in services.
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
Councils, not Whitehall, should be trusted to make decisions about local transport issues with their residents, the LGA has said, in response to the Government’s ‘Plan for drivers’.
A devolved, long-term plan for local road repairs is needed to get investment back up to the levels of other leading countries, the LGA has said.
How do we encourage more people to get out of their cars and choose to cycle, walk and wheel instead?
The LGA has called for active travel funding to be restored to councils, in response to a report that found funding uncertainty has held back ambitions in this area.
Longer lorries can now be used on Britain’s roads, in a move the Government says will grow the economy, boost productivity, slash road emissions and support supply chains.