News in brief

Published: 17 September 2024
By Chris Haycock

Today''s Major Traffic Incidents

M25 Northbound - M25 J9 anti-clockwise access | Anti-Clockwise | RoadOrCarriagewayOrLaneManagement Location : The M25 anticlockwise entry slip at junction J9 . Reason : Road Management. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 04:15 and 04:30 on 17 September 2024. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 04:15 and 04:30 on 17 September 2024. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed.Severe Disruption - in excess of 3 hours delay or road closure, 1.63 miles of Ashtead.

M60 Eastbound - link road from A5103 northbound to M60 J5 clockwise | Clockwise | AuthorityOperation Location : The M60 clockwise entry slip at junction J5 . Reason : Police incident. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 04:30 and 04:45 on 17 September 2024. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 04:30 and 04:45 on 17 September 2024. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed.Severe Disruption - in excess of 3 hours delay or road closure, 0.91 miles of Wythenshawe.

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Greener Transport Council The Greener Transport Council has written to MPs today in advance of the Parliamentary debate on the National Networks National Policy Statement on 26th March. In our assessment, the NNNPS as written, waters down the treatment of the carbon impacts of national road and rail programmes. We pose three key questions to answer. Whether an… (Transport Wales)

A Roundtable with the DfT In August, PACTS organised a successful meeting between road safety leaders and the Department for Transport officials who also kindly... The post A Roundtable with the DfT appeared first on PACTS. (Transport Wales)

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