Sentences with phrase «road schemes»

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

· The Government will pilot a new delivery model for upgrades to the M1, M3, M6 and the A160 / 180 at Immingham, to speed up the delivery of major road schemes in the future.

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.

Bridge repairs, resurfacing projects and flood resilience initiatives are among major local road schemes to have received investment this week under the Government's Challenge Fund.

Decisions around new road schemes have prioritised car use and inappropriately high speed limits have been all too common.»

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

And we have been here before, a year ago the Prime Minister boasted about their national infrastructure plan 12 months on not a single road scheme has even started, Mr Speaker.

Also in the Treasury documents are potentially far - reaching to objectives for roads policy which could revive zombie road schemes across the country.

A DfT spokesman commented: «This Government is taking the big decisions for Britain's future, and we are investing a record # 15Bn on road schemes which will cut congestion, speed up journeys and boost the economy across the country.

In fact many of the objections to the tunnels also apply to the newly proposed road schemes in London and elsewhere in the UK.

«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.

Acting for Highways England in relation to its first application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in relation to the A19 / A1058 Coast Road scheme in North Tyneside.

The Cherry Orchard Road scheme was designed by Ken Shuttleworth, of Make architects, who also designed the Gherkin tower in the City.

Providing legal support to Isle of Anglesey Council on compulsory purchase issues in relation to road schemes connected to the proposed new nuclear power station at Wylfa and related developments.

Advising Pembrokeshire County Council on the promotion of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) and side road orders for a by - pass road scheme.

More than # 100 million will go towards local road schemes to bust congestion pinch - points and speed up journeys, while an extra # 300 million will help push forward plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail to bolster links between Northern towns and cities with more frequent and faster services.

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.»

«A year ago the prime minister boasted about their national infrastructure plan, 12 months on not a single road scheme has even started.»

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.

Advising Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and Pembrokeshire County Council on the promotion of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) and side road orders for road schemes in the South West and South Wales.

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.

Yet the fence - and - road scheme has been progressing for a while without enough audible voices pointing out that this is an unworkable project.

Back on Earth, cost benefit analysis is the Treasury's test of whether a road scheme is value for money.

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