workinproperty (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
This week the government announced that around £1billion of transport schemes will be brought forward next year to help stimulate the industry.Transport secretary Geoff Hoon said £300m of extra funding would be used to speed up schemes to improve transport links to airports and ports. Speaking to the House of Commons today he said: “Congestion, whether it is on our...
Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... cost of the 3.5 mile by-pass, if it ever comes to fruition, at a huge £315m . Also this month, Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon approved a £165m spend on a relief road between Hazel Grove and Manchester Airport . The total cost to the taxpayer for this project may be in excess of £500m. So that’s £480m pledged by the Government (with more likely to come) for about ten miles of...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) is one of a small group of van manufacturers to reach the second stage of the UK’s £50 million (US$76.5 million) Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Program (LCVPP). The scheme, funded by the Department for Transport and...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... package would be used to "increase capacity in the motorway network".But the Department for Transport (DfT) has admitted that the only road-building project to be brought forward is a £100m scheme to turn a section of the A46 into a dual carriageway.The Independent revealed last week that the Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon had come under pressure from the Prime Minister...
IOL (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Something fishy in parliament November 26 2008 at 09:58AM London - Sardines were brandished in Britain's parliament on Tuesday when an opposition politician made a point about crammed conditions on commuter trains.Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon was taking questions in the House of Commons when Peter Bone of the main opposition Conservatives whipped out a tin of sardines to make...
