department-for-transport
The government has approved plans for the Lower Thames Crossing, with construction expected to start in 2026. The much-discussed plan would link the M2 in Kent with the A13 and M25 in Thurrock through what would be the UK’s longest road tunnel, providing a link between Dover and the Channel Tunnel to the Dartford Crossings, M25 and London Gateway and Tilbury ports, giving much-needed relief to the eastern portion of ...
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The Department for Transport is holding a one hour webinar on the Freight Innovation Fund at 11am on Tuesday 4 February. Introduced in 2022, FIF offers grant funding to small and medium sized companies to undertake trials of new technology in an operational and his disbursed £7m over three years. ...
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Transport Secretary Mark Harper has announced £8 million of ‘targetted improvements’ for the A75 between Gretna and the Northern Ireland ro ro port of Stranraer. They include measures to alleviate pinch points, including bypassing the villages of Springholm and Crocketford.
It has also committed previously announced funding for dualling the A1 ...
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Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced a competition to create a Green Shipping Corridor between the UK and the US at the Transport Day of the COP28 summit in Dubai on 6 December. It would build on similar partnerships with Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, he said.
When the UK hosted COP26 ...
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The Department for Transport announced £8 million in funding on 11 September to improve 39 roadside facilities in England with a further £11 million from industry to upgrade truck stops. Beneficiaries include the Stop 24 Folkestone Services, Immingham Lorry Park and Motis’ Cheriton Parc and Freight Clearance Centre. The improvements ...
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The BBC is reporting that truck drivers arriving from mainland Europe in the UK could soon be forced to take a Covid test, quoting a haulage industry source. Freight drivers had previously been exempt from testing but the Department for Transport says it is "carefully monitoring" an increase in cases ...
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The Department for Transport has opened 45 information and advice sites across the UK to help hauliers prepare for the end of Brexit transition.
The COVID-secure sites, which are located at key motorway service stations and truck stops, offer hauliers one-to-one training on the new ‘Check an HGV’ service and upcoming ...
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The UK has taken part in an electronic consignment note (e-CMR) pilot, along with France, the Netherlands and operators Brian Yeardley Continental, Transports FIOLET in France and Netherlands-based International Road Ferry. The project is under the supervision of the UK Department for Transport, Freight Transport Association and other equivalent bodies.
It ...
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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced that the UK has reached new air services arrangements with the US and Canada that will allow transatlantic flights to continue after Brexit. The deals will replace the existing EU aviation agreement.
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Roads Minister, Jesse Norman, has revealed plans to keep traffic moving through Kent in the event of disruption to cross-Channel services.
It includes a new version of ‘Operation Stack’ with a contraflow on the northbound carriageway of the M20 between junctions 8 and 9 while lorries are being queued for the ...
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