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Decision to delay A66 upgrade is disappointing for our residents and businesses

A decision to upgrade the A66 to full dual carriageway has been delayed by Government to March 7, 2024. The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project would dual 50 miles (80km) from Penrith to ...
Thursday 9th November 2023

Plugging in: The North must install up to 470 charge points per week by 2025 to support its decarbonisation ambitions

Our evidence tells us we need up to 161,000 electric vehicle charge points across the North by 2030. Charging infrastructure disparity that’s left unresolved, could undermine the successful take-up and ...
Monday 7th November 2022

Transport for the North sets out Major Roads Report to highlight the importance of reliable, connected and sustainable highways

A Major Roads Report for the North of England has today been published by Transport for the North (TfN), setting out the important role that our highways have to play as part of ...
Wednesday 29th December 2021

A595 funding announcement “welcome injection of cash”

Responding to the announcement by the Department for Transport that £12.7m has been committed to upgrade the A595 at Grizebeck in Cumbria, Peter Molyneux, Major Roads Director at Transport for the North ...
Tuesday 27th October 2020

A19 work starts early in ‘promising evidence of Gov’t unlocking investment’

Transport Minister Baroness Vere announced today (Thursday 8 October) that the A19 is set to benefit from £51 million of upgrades that have begun six months ahead of schedule, underlining yet again the ...
Thursday 8th October 2020

Preferred route announced for A66 upgrades linking East-West

Highways England has today announced a preferred route for expansive upgrades to the A66, the road linking communities across the North of England from coast to coast ...
Saturday 23rd May 2020

Highways UK 2018

Highways UK will return to the NEC on 7/8 November 2018. The 2017 event attracted 3,017 delegates, 140 exhibitors and 153 speakers. You will find a full review of the event ...
Wednesday 7th November 2018

Funding for transport infrastructure features in the Autumn Budget

Funding earmarked to help deliver transport infrastructure in the North of England has been revealed as part of the Autumn Budget. In his speech to the House of Commons, Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed ...
Monday 29th October 2018

Good news for the East Riding as vital road scheme given the go ahead

Funding for vital road improvements in the East Riding of Yorkshire which are within Transport for the North’s Central Pennines Strategic Development Corridor has been confirmed today ...
Thursday 17th May 2018

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