Shapps looking at transport review due to home working
The planning policy for England’s road network is going to be reviewed because of changes to people’s shopping and work since Coronavirus hit and government restrictions were imposed. The current plan was drawn up in 2014 but the Press Association reports that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps believes these need to be re-examined because the shift […]
Shapps suggests three-way contribution to get Hammersmith Bridge reopened
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has committed to the Department for Transport funding a third of the cost of repairing and reopening Hammersmith Bridge in London, provided Transport for London and the local borough chip in too. The Standard says the aim is to get the bridge reopened this summer initially to cyclists and pedestrians […]
Shapps says the UK’s future transport system could make the country the biggest economy in Europe
The future of the UK’s transport systems can lead us to become the biggest economy in Europe, according to Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps. Speaking yesterday with a speech to Passenger groups, transport groups and the media,he outlined his vision for the future of transport in the UK. At the centre of this vision are plans to ‘level […]
Shapps mooting a Wales-Ireland tunnel
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is suggesting the government might build a tunnel between Wales and Ireland, as an alternative to a plan to build a link to Scotland. Nation.Cymru reports that he’s told the Financial Times that it might better connect Britain with Northern Ireland and that he said that the original idea of […]
London business leaders call on Khan and Shapps to come together to deliver sustainable and long-term solutions for the capital’s transport system
Business leaders in London have called on newly re-elected mayor, Sadiq Khan and Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps to come together to sort out the capital’s transport system. They have urged Khan and Shapps to devise long-term and sustainable transport solutions, in a letter signed by 37 chief executives of some of the top London-based companies. […]
A55 improvements in Wales should be considered says Grant Shapps
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has also said he would work with a Welsh Labour Government on promised road and rail enhancements – if they retained power after May 6. On a visit to North Wales this week, he said the area played a key part in the Governments Union Connectivity Review. Mr Shapps said the […]
Shapps under pressure to act on Hammersmith closure
The Transport Secretary is under pressure from MPs in London to fund the reopening of Hammersmith Bridge, as he is being told the two-year closure had become an “international embarrassment”. The Evening Standard reports that London MPs have demanded Grant Shapps honours a pledge he made last September to “take control” of the project and reopen […]
Shapps assessing HE’s all-lane running report
The Transport Secretary has revealed he is assessing a report from Highways England about the safety of all-lane running motorway schemes, which is now being assessed. Grant Shapps has released a statement about it, repeated in full below: Since becoming Secretary of State for Transport, I have shared the concerns of many regarding All Lane […]
TfL bailed out till May
The government has offered to extend its emergency funding deal with Transport for London until May, to ensure services can continue running. London financial paper City AM reports the proposed deal would be TfL’s third bailout in the past year, after the body’s revenue plummeted by more than 90% last March during when the Government […]
Shapps criticises smart motorway education
The Transport Secretary believes the rollout of smart motorways was “entirely wrong” and dynamic hard shoulders are “insane”, while bringing forward the date for the completion of the stopped vehicle detection installation. The Telegraph quotes Grant Shapps’s comments to the Transport Select Committee in which he said drivers still don’t know how to use smart […]
