£8.3bn boost for road repairs
The Government has announced £8.3 billion of extra funding, re-directed from HS2, to help improve local roads in England.
transport
All councils need bus franchising powers – LGA
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’
‘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’.
Pothole repair funding ‘down more in UK’
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.
Avoid, shift, improve
How do we encourage more people to get out of their cars and choose to cycle, walk and wheel instead?
‘Restore £200m cut in active travel budgets’ – LGA
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 rolled out on Britain’s roads
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.
How not to implement policy
Ninety per cent of cab drivers opposed, 80 per cent of outer London businesses opposed and 80 per cent of outer London employees opposed.
Rough road ahead…
The Government spent 31 times more per mile maintaining motorways and A roads last year than it did on funding councils to repair crumbling local roads, according to LGA analysis.
