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Road sign consultation: only three weeks remain

The Department for Transport is considering reducing the number of road signs in order to simplify and de-clutter the driving experience. Many towns in Europe have experimented with reducing or virtually eliminating road signs and they have seen a decrease in

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Foreign trucks to be charged for using the UK’s roads

In a move that is set to level the playing field for the UK’s freight industry, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that foreign haulage firms will now be charged a fee for using the UK’s roads. The charges were

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Some rural roads may be abandoned through lack of funding

With the most recent bout of flooding due to the Thames bursting its banks, residents of rural towns are all too aware that water can be destructive. It accelerates the deterioration of roads and, faced with a £10.5 billion repair backlog

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