New active travel guidance to help Welsh local authorities released
New guidance to help local authorities to plan, design and deliver high quality walking and cycling routes across Wales has been released. The Active Travel Act Guidance brings together previous advice and feedback from a public consultation and clearly sets out what is expected from councils when they are designing new infrastructure with Welsh Government […]
Plans for 20mph speed limits on residential and pedestrian roads set to be legislative priority in Wales
Plans to reduce the national default speed limit in Wales from 30mph to 20mph on residential roads and busy pedestrian streets will form part of the Welsh Government’s legislative priorities for this year, Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters has confirmed. If passed, Wales will be the first country in the UK to introduce […]
Wales to put a stop on all road building projects as review of all highways schemes takes place
Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change for the Welsh Government is set to announce a freeze on new road building projects, whilst a review of all highway schemes across Wales is carried out. The review will be announced in an oral statement to the Senedd this afternoon [Tuesday 22 June]. The Welsh Government’s recently-published […]
Newport to get £4 million for transport improvements
Newport Council will get £4 million to make major improvements to transport systems in the region. The Welsh Government has promised the funding to implement the recommendations of the Burns report, which last year published a list of key transport improvements needed to alleviate traffic issues in Newport. The report was published last November by the South East […]
£12 million for Welsh local authorities to make road improvements
The Welsh Government has allocated £12 million to local authorities to make road improvements across the whole country. The additional funding will allow local authorities to continue with planned highways maintenance works, boosting the economy and making active travel safer. The government said there was a need to highlight the need to make best use […]
Thales creating new CAV cyber campus on former steelworks in South Wales
Thales and the Welsh Government have announced the next stage of development to create a living laboratory campus for cyber trust at the former steelworks site in Ebbw Vale. The development will add two new centres alongside the National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) to create ResilientWorks, a campus including research laboratories and a test track […]
Welsh Government wants to provide ‘a transport system fit for future generations’ with new vision
The Welsh Government has made a bold pledge to increase the number of people using public transport, walking and cycling as part of its new transport strategy. The new strategy – the result of a major consultation over the last year – aims to encourage people out of their cars, with a new target for […]
Welsh Government asked to ‘look again’ at A55 expansion plans
A £300m road building scheme that would see ancient woodland being disturbed, should be paused while further traffic studies are done and its value for money reconsidered, a Senedd committee has recommended. The Senedd’s Petitions committee has told ministers to look again at the project with a detailed re-assessment of costs and to stop any […]
20mph speed limit to become a reality on Welsh roads from this summer
Eight pilot 20mph speed limit trials have been confirmed to take place on Welsh roads The pilot areas will have a phased start from this summer until the end of the year. They come ahead of the planned national rollout of 20mph limits for April 2023, and will help develop enforcement arrangements and overcome unforeseen […]
Commission recommendations endorsed by Welsh Government for south east
The Welsh Government has endorsed the recommendations of the South East Wales Transport Commission that plans to help tackle congestion in the south east of the country. In a line-by-line response to the Commission’s final report, the Welsh Government has accepted in principle all of the recommendations to tackle congestion. It has also outlined the […]
