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The Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has outlined the road improvement schemes making up the £1.3 billion made available in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week.

This includes:

• £925 million to tackle congestion and provide upgrades on local roads
• £175 million to improve the 50 most dangerous roads in the country
• £220 million to Highways England to combat congestion
• £27 million for the Cambridge to Oxford expressway
• 6 local major schemes to better journeys

In addition, the Transport Secretary:

• awarded £50 million to build the Lincoln Eastern Bypass
• announced development of 6 further local major schemes
• allocated £70 million for 2017 to 2018 to fix potholes

A full breakdown of funding can be found here

North Herts DC voted unanimously this evening to grant planning permission for 70 houses and apartments at Odyssey Health and Racquet Club near Stevenage. Previous applications on this site were refused on grounds that the new access would cause harm to the green belt. Entran designed a new access for the current scheme and provided transport and environmental consultancy services in support of the successful application.

Last night Reading Borough Council granted planning permission for a car-free residential conversion of two former Gas Works buildings on the water front in Reading. The scheme was designed by E3 Design. Entran prepared a Transport Assessment and Travel Plan for this complex site and secured positive recommendations from the planning and highway authorities for town centre flats with no dedicated parking facilities.