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  • Major roads investment in the Midlands

    £1.4 billion for road investments in the Midlands will create an estimated 900 new construction jobs for the region.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major roads investment in the north west

    £800 million for 9 new road schemes in the north west of England will create an estimated 600 construction jobs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major roads investment in the north east and Yorkshire

    18 new road schemes worth £2.3 billion for Yorkshire and the north east of England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major roads investment in the south west

    £2 billion roads investment for the south west of England will create 1,300 new jobs and tackle A303 bottleneck.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rural charities urged to apply for community transport minibus fund

    £25 million fund will provide hundreds of new minibuses.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HGV changes to give fairer deal for hauliers

    The government plans to raise the national speed limit to 60 mph for lorries travelling on dual carriageways.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HGV speed limits on dual carriageways

    Increase in the national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles of more than 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads from 50 mph to 60 mph.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rail electrification plan for Lake District

    Government to confirm £16 million funding to electrify 10 mile route between Oxenholme and Windermere.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transport resilience

    Announces publication of the government's response to the transport resilience review.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rail franchising 27 November 2014

    Announcing the intention to award the Intercity East Coast rail passenger franchise to Inter City Railways Limited.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More seats, more services and new trains for East Coast passengers

    East Coast franchise awarded to Inter City Railways, a consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy PM announces £214 million investment in cycling

    The biggest single investment in cycling will be unveiled by Nick Clegg today to help make it easier and safer to get on your bike in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Winter weather: UK government response

    The United Kingdom has one of the most capable forecasting and warning systems in the world but extreme weather events can still cause disruption over winter.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government launches maritime study to boost growth

    Study that will look at how to boost the UK’s maritime industry has been launched.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The next stage of the HS2 journey

    Robert Goodwill at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport HS2 conference, about the next stage of HS2.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Car clubs cash awards

    Winning bidders for car club funding announced by transport minister.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transport Minister visits Boulby Mine to see salt stocks as winter planning continues

    Robert Goodwill discusses supply operations at key road gritting salt supplier.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Launch of the Independent Transport Commission's HS2 report

    Welcomes the publication of the Independent Transport Commission's 'Ambitions and opportunities' report into HS2.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Safeguarding consultation on proposed route of Crossrail 2

    Ten week consultation on protecting land for potential Crossrail 2 development.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Safeguarding direction for Crossrail 2

    Announcing the launch of consultation seeking views on an updated safeguarding direction for the proposed Crossrail 2 project.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government