Nine ways to create a good design code
Jane Dann outlines the nine steps that local authorities can take to get a good code in place.
Council blocks scrutiny over bizarre £7m contract roll-over
06/05/2022 Greenwich Council has refused to disclose why it has handed out a £7m contract without a competitive tender and has blocked scrutiny of the move. |
£200m falls short of saving Johnson's zero emission target
04/05/2022 Prime minister Boris Johnson is set to fail in his pledge to deliver 4,000 zero emission buses to England's roads, despite the Department for Transport having another £200m to spend. |
Local areas to share £200m to help fund zero emission buses
28/03/2022 Twelve areas in England will share grants totalling nearly £200m to help fund zero emission buses and charging or fuelling infrastructure. |
Scottish local road backlog 'close to £1.7bn'
15/03/2022 Scottish government has insisted it provides enough funding for councils after the cost of repairing the country’s local roads was estimated at almost £1.7bn. |
Judge backs Greater Manchester bus franchising
10/03/2022 The giant Stagecoach Group has failed in its attempt to block plans for bus franchising in Greater Manchester. |
Government announces £150m final funding package for bus services
02/03/2022 Ministers have announced a £150m, ‘final tranche’ of pandemic-related support to bus and light rail operators across England, a month before existing funding is due to end. |
Transport authorities call for new powers over e-scooters
01/03/2022 City region transport authorities are calling for a new ‘national enabling framework’ to allow councils to regulate and charge providers of e-scooter and other micromobility rental services. |
'Get moving on road pricing,' MPs say
04/02/2022 MPs have backed a move towards road pricing to avert a £35bn black hole in the public finances. |
Council backs down in cycle lane case
27/01/2022 Campaigners claim to have 'drawn a line in the sand' after a highway authority admitted it acted unlawfully when it decided to remove a popular cycle lane in November 2020. |
Brent Council to remove low traffic neighbourhood schemes
24/01/2022 Councillors in Brent have voted to remove four low traffic neighbourhood schemes after significant opposition from residents. |
Khan eyes pay-per-mile fix for capital’s emissions
18/01/2022 London must implement a pay per mile road charging system to achieve its targets for cutting toxic air and carbon emissions, according to a new report commissioned by the mayor's office. |
Northern leaders call for re-think on 'woefully inadequate' rail plan
30/11/2021 Political leaders from across the North have written to the transport secretary to ‘propose a way forward’ on Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR). |
Bucks takes dispute over HS2 lorry routes to court
15/11/2021 Buckinghamshire Council has issued High Court challenges against six decisions by the Planning Inspectorate in a dispute over lorry routes for HS2 construction. |
Manchester hopes to trial use of zebra markings at side roads
09/11/2021 Greater Manchester’s mayor and transport commissioner have written to the transport secretary seeking permission for a mass trial of zebra markings at side roads after new evidence showed that they lead to a 65% increase in drivers giving way. |
Greater Manchester plans carbon neutral transport network
09/11/2021 Greater Manchester has set out its ambition to become the first city-region with a carbon neutral transport network. |
Spending Review conceals local road cuts
29/10/2021 Road maintenance funding for councils not receiving settlements through combined authorities appears to be facing a cut of around £200m over three years following the Spending Review - more if you add inflation. |
ULEZ expansion 'a lifeline for Londoners'
25/10/2021 As London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) sees a massive expansion, a think tank has called on mayor Sadiq Khan to go further and introduce a pay-per-mile road user charging scheme. |
Cabinet backs 20-20 vision for Oxfordshire
20/10/2021 Councillors in Oxfordshire have backed plans for widespread 20mph limits as part of an ‘ambitious and innovative’ new transport plan that aims to create a ‘healthier, better digitally connected, more active’ county. |
MPs call for metrics and monitoring to prevent white elephants
30/09/2021 The levelling up agenda ‘needs to move beyond rhetoric and on to delivery, requiring targets and metrics to enable Parliament and public to identify success’, MPs have said. |
Cycle lane court challenge takes new turn
24/09/2021 Cycling UK has won the right to challenge council’s decision to remove a popular cycle lane after High Court ruling refusing permission for review overturned. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
