Transport and Logistics Network
Police statement
Burnley and Padiham Police posted on Facebook saying:
*ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE* in relation to our earlier post we can now advise that we have extended the closure of Rossendale Rd in Burnley.
The road is now closed from the junction with…
Ex-Lancashire road policing officer Paul Brooks said motorways are not policed properly because of police force financial pressures.
And he said Highways Agency officers represent ‘policing on the cheap’ with few real powers. Many speeding drivers simp…
Plans to remove any more lights from a “dangerous” motorway are to be fought by town hall bosses. Burnley councillors from all parties joined forces to demand a review of the safety of the M65, on which two people have died and nine have been seriously…
A lane was closed on the M66 southbound between Junction 1, the Summerseat Interchange, and Junction 2, the Heap Bridge Interchange after the road was hit by flood water.
This came after heavy rainfall earlier on the morning of Sunday November 24 and l…
Hyndburn Council’s deputy leader Cllr Noordad Aziz has tabled a motion to the authority’s full meeting on Thursday night urging the audit of the motorway’s accident record with a view to improving its precautions to prevent any repeat of the recent spa…