A66

Council issues assurances over Scotch Corner developments

Leading members of North Yorkshire Council said they had relayed mounting concerns over the impact of numerous large developments planned at Scotch Corner to national highways officials as they pushed forward an economic growth strategy for the county …

Residents renew call for Scotch Corner moratorium

The filling station would be built on the site of the Dalesway Hotel.
Residents have issued renewed calls for a moratorium on approving developments beside one of the North’s most congested junctions as a scheme to build more fast food restaurants and…

Drivers are fined in court for speeding in County Durham

The cases were heard at Peterlee[1] Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, November 7.
Bartosz Podstawa, 39, of Barberry Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset, exceeded 70 mph limit in a Kia on a dual A19 southbound April 21. Pleased guilty and fined £100, surcharge £40…

?1.3bn dualling plan for A66 delayed – cumbriacrack.com

Dualling the remaining and congested sections of the A66 will provide quicker, safer and more
A decision over whether the £1.3 billion A66 dualling project can go ahead has been delayed by four months.
It comes amid 11th hour environmental issues and…

‘Disappointment’ at four-month delay on decision to dual A66

The project would dual 50 miles of the A66.
Transport for the North[1] has expressed disappointment at the government delaying a decision on whether to dual the A66.
The A66 is the main route connecting North Yorkshire and the Lake District. The North…

Network North: The Great Train Robbery

LTT invited sustainable transport campaigner Chris Todd, Founder and Director of the Transport Action Network, to give his own appraisal of the Government’s new Network North policy, and how it sits amongst the other recent policy announcements it has …