Transport and Logistics Network
This week, officers conducting Project Zero patrols in Royal Wootton Bassett and surrounding villages discovered 96 motoring offences.
Every Wednesday, Project Zero conducts a road policing operation in a different part of the county. Officers will tar…
From riots on the M4 over frozen food and driving through nine foot snow drifts; it’s all in a day’s work for truckers, and has now been put on paper thanks to a new book. Stephen Lock, the mayor of South Molton, was born in North Devon and into lorry …
Traffic has started to build close to the Commonhead roundabout following a car colliding into a van. (Image: Dave Cox)
A crash on the A419 is currently causing problems to Swindon commuters as traffic has started to build.
The incident occurr…
A post on the Wiltshire Specialist Ops Twitter page on March 21, which shares updates from Wiltshire Police’s armed response and roads policing units, revealed that over 35 offences had been dealt with in a single day.
The offences included people …
Boots are on the ground as initial work starts on the biggest road project Gloucestershire has seen for decades. Preparatory work has begun on the £460m A417 Missing Link scheme that will revolutionise transport links to and from Gloucestershire.
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Date: 20th March, 2023
Time: 12.19pm
Description: M4 westbound Chippenham – the braking system of a large goods vehicle was involved in fire. Two fire crews from Chippenham attended and ensured the vehicle was safe before assisting Police in movi…
Our policy on HGVs
Editor, —We are writing to you in response to the article headlined “Welcome map for HGV drivers” (Standard, February 24).
We would like to take this opportunity to clarify the situation and the work referenced in the article.
We app…
If you head just outside of the busy roads of the M25 surrounding Greater London, you’ll find a family run café right by Junction 14, or Junction 5 of the M4. The Riverside Café was run by husband and wife team Jim and Janie Murphy, opening up in the 1…
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – CILT(UK) – has released its electrification strategy research which reveals the significant opportunity of electrification across the UK’s rail network.
CILT has released a detailed map and strateg…
DRIVERS of heavy goods vehicles have been given the green light to use Henley as a short cut, claim campaigners.
The residents have blamed Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, which is drawing up a new transport strategy for the whole co…