Sentences with phrase «of road schemes»

I have contributed to guidance produced by the Highways Agency on the impact of road schemes, and the Institute of Civil Engineers on contract.

He was instructed at planning enquiries and appeals for and against promoters of road schemes, housing developments and other major projects.

The amount of extra traffic must be heavily dependent on the context, size and location of road schemes, but an appropriate average value is given by an elasticity of traffic volume with respect to travel time of about − 0.5 in the short term, and up to − 1.0 in the long term.

She joined East Sussex County Council in 1979 where she was involved in the transport planning aspects of road schemes and major development proposals.

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The Belt and Road is Chinese President Xi Jinping's landmark scheme to build infrastructure to connect China to the rest of Asia and beyond, a giant reworking of its old Silk Road.

The suspected operator of the underground website Silk Road was convicted on Wednesday on narcotics and other criminal charges for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around $ 200 million of anonymous online drug sales using bitcoins.

China and Chinese companies are at the forefront of regional and global climate adaptation through green investment, government - backed pilot schemes, and the Belt & Road strategy.

Lo was leading a six - day Hong Kong - Shanghai business mission to Jakarta and Manila in the Philippines to explore the infrastructure needs of the two Asean countries, which Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies will be incentivised to fulfil under the belt and road scheme.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- The suspected mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road was convicted on narcotics and other charges on Wednesday for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around $ 200 million of anonymous online drug sales using bitcoins.

In this scheme, education becomes «the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge» (AE 6), and Whitehead is well remembered for having detailed two related pitfalls on the road to acquiring this art.

If Sutton really is planning on changing some schemes to be more attack oriented, we could see a middle of the road defense in 2018.

Another massive result for Tottenham Hotspur and Pochettino in the grand scheme of things, at Vicarage Road, that has now opened up a breathing space between themselves and the rest of the chasing pack, in the competition for Champions League spots.

In the grand scheme of things, Juventus playing in Villar Perosa is just a drive down the road compared to how far they've traveled the past couple of weeks during their preseason tour.

The Grass Roots Ticketing scheme sees us connecting with local football clubs, schools and youth organisations throughout Yorkshire and the surrounding areas, encouraging their juniors to be part of matchdays here at Elland Road.

We're committing an extra billion pounds to roads, including four major new schemes to: upgrade key sections of the A1, bringing the route from London to Newcastle up to motorway standard; link the A5 with the M1; dual the A30 in Cornwall; and upgrade the M25, which will support the biggest port developments in Europe, and I pay tribute to my

«Due to the perceived lack of public support for road pricing, any scheme must also provide significant improvements in the capacity and quality of viable alternative travel by public transport.»

This is on top of a record # 6Bn for maintaining local roads, # 7Bn for the Local Growth Fund, # 1.25 Bn for local transport schemes and a further # 250M to help councils tackle road issues in their areas.

Amid the plans for 84 new road schemes are plans to spend # 300 million on an «environmental fund to mitigate carbon emission (sic) and reduce the number of people affected by serious noise.»

But all the evidence from previous road - widening schemes shows that congestion quickly returns to levels seen before billions of pounds were spent on them.

· Investing # 42 million to develop the pipeline of potential Highways Agency road schemes for investment in the next spending review period; and

Nineteen councils across England have been successful in securing a share of # 75M after they were asked to put forward schemes which could make a real difference to road users.

As a result, an average road improvement has induced an additional 10 % of base traffic in the short term and 20 % in the long term: individual schemes with induced traffic at double this level may not be very unusual, especially for peak periods.

These schemes see utility companies charged up to # 2500 a day for digging up the busiest roads at peak times, incentivising them to work outside of rush hour or to collaborate with other firms to synchronise works.

The party also advocates the substitution of council tax by a land - value tax; extra funding for the NHS and public transport; the scrapping of road - building schemes; massive investment in renewable energy; a radical reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; and opposition to GM crop initiatives and fracking.

Chris Grayling has also committed funding to develop business cases for six transport schemes: the Sheffield city region innovation corridor, Melton Mowbray eastern distributor road, a New Tees Crossing, dualling of the A500 in Cheshire, the South Coventry Link Road and an extension to Manchester's Metrolink towards terminal two at the city's airproad, a New Tees Crossing, dualling of the A500 in Cheshire, the South Coventry Link Road and an extension to Manchester's Metrolink towards terminal two at the city's airpRoad and an extension to Manchester's Metrolink towards terminal two at the city's airport.

George Osborne has promised to spend nearly # 10bn on road schemes across the UK in the next five years, many of which will be committed to the Highways Agency in a plan that under the new Infrastructure Act will be difficult for a future government to unravel.

The Department for Transport worked with local authorities across England on road pricing pilot schemes, the intention being to use evidence from these as the basis of any national decision.

Adam Price, Plaid Cymru parliamentary transport spokesperson, explains why Plaid support road pricing in principle, pointing to the success of congestion charging and small - scale road pricing schemes.

The government said it would not adopt a road pricing scheme unless the evidence warranted it and the public could be persuaded of its value.

«Provided it is well targeted, a national road pricing scheme of this type could reduce congestion by some 50 per cent below what it otherwise would be in 2025 and reduce the economic case for additional strategic road infrastructure by some 80 per cent,» it says.

The secretary of state for transport Douglas Alexander explains where the government stands so far on road pricing, ahead of local government pilot schemes.

Also road congestion pricing schemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as a transportation demand management tool to try to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will not support a scheme that blows such a large proportion of the Welsh Government's borrowing powers on one single road.

In its detailed response to the Government's draft Local Transport Bill, the British Motorcyclists Federation have said that the Secretary of State is much better placed to take decisions that have a national relevance such as those on road - pricing schemes.

The British Motorcyclists Federation is firmly of the opinion that any road pricing or congestion - charging scheme should exempt motorcycles.

Local road pricing schemes received even less support in the survey, with 51 per cent of people claiming they were against the idea, with the north east of England showing the highest level of opposition at 72 per cent.

Road vehicle ownership had been taxed since the earliest days of motor vehicles, with the UK's first schemes for «light locomotives» introduced in 1896.

He worked for contractors and consultants on motorway construction in the UK, in a motorway bridges design office and for 23 years for the UK Department for Transport and latterly the Highways Agency, where he was responsible in turn for the management of trunk roads, the maintenance of motorways including the first major repair contract on M6 Stafford Bypass, where contra flow was first used on a live motorway in the UK, the project management of major road schemes both in the planning and design and construction stages.

«After the first 237 incarnations on news bulletins, I struggled to see how this theme could be developed further, yet the BBC continued to lead with speculation about bizarre consequences of a Labour - SNP government for the economy, tax, and even road schemes.

Mr. Kaloyeros, who is accused of being part of a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery related to upstate economic development projects, is suing to force Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which oversaw that economic development work, to pay his legal expenses as he fights the state and federal charges.

The Liberal Democrats have consistently said that we will only support a national road pricing scheme if it is a different way of taxing motoring, not an additional way of raising revenue.

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone predicted this week that Gordon Brown will push ahead with a road pricing scheme as prime minister.

Six years later with the growing number of bikes on our roads, more and more cycle lanes being introduced and the introduction of excellent schemes which I take advantage of such as the cycle hire scheme in London.

Any local scheme will give us all a much clearer idea of how road pricing could work in practice.

Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Alistair Carmichael has questioned the true extent of public opposition to a possible road pricing scheme.

However, the secretary of state for transport Douglas Alexander insisted this week the government had no plans for a nation wide road pricing scheme until it had observed the effect of local small - scale schemes.

Members of Labour's shadow cabinet have praised Barking and Dagenham Council for a scheme which involves naming new roads after service men and women killed in action.

The scheme was introduced in 2013 when 50 state of the art ambulances were put on the road for medical emergencies, a scheme which has been used to save a lot of lives in situations of emergency in the state.

The last couple of months have been very challenging with major road, drainage, anti-flood schemes and electricity supply improvements being completed by the utility companies and the Council.

Non-profits such as the Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler management corporations have emerged as a focus in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's allegations that these groups served as vehicles for bid rigging and kickback schemes relating to large construction projects that are part of Cuomo's efforts to use the State University system as a platform for upstate economic development.