Transport and Logistics Network
(Repeats Thursday column without change)
By Andy Home
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – When Indonesia banned the exportof unprocessed minerals in January of this year, the consensusview was that the most significant impact would be on the nickeland aluminium…
Our idyllic hamlet has been turned into a LORRY PARK: Locals say their lives have been ‘ruined’ by after vehicle repair firm lined their streets with HGVsEXCLUSIVE: Homeowners have seen their lives torn apart since A&S Motors arrived last yearIdyllic h…
UK weather divide: Scotland set to be soaked by two weeks of rain in hours as Met Office issue ‘danger to life’ warnings – while south of country to bask in balmy 24C heat with clear skies and sunshineMet Office issues an amber warning for rain – meani…
Within hours of the rain starting, the A83, A82 and many local roads were closed or impacted as they were turned to rivers.
The rail line between Helensburgh Central and Dalmuir was closed in advance, with images of Bowling Station showing the tracks s…
’TWAS midnight in the rail museumAnd in majestic numberThe locos lay, a fine arraySeemingly a-slumber.
Then the silence that surroundedEach epoch-making marqueWith suddenness was shatteredAs a strange noise rent the dark.
The locos all bestirred to …
A former SNP minister has said that “realistic” plans to dual one of Scotland’s most dangerous roads were set in stone a decade ago, as he condemned claims that the timeline for the project was merely aspirational as “utter rubbish”.
Alex Neil, the for…
As pressure grows on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to make an announcement about the future of the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 line, we take a look back at Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s failed £800,000 bid to secure a stop in the city on the h…
A beloved UK baking chain could be just months away of setting up shop in a Somerset town after construction work begin. Viabill Ltd. was granted outline permission in January[1] to construct a drive-thru outlet on vacant land on Tapstone Road in Chard…
Rishi Sunak denies giving up on HS2 Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak[1] has insisted he hasn’t given up on the HS2[2] railway joining Manchester[3]…
I will be tackling waterways, rail and air but today I start with the roads of Scotland, which have been crucial to our history.
There being around 34,000 miles (55,000km) of roads in Scotland, obviously I can’t chart the history of all the network, so…