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Surely a metro can beat a motorway

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Transport

Police turned out in more-than-usual force for the first demonstration of what seems likely to be a long - and perhaps nasty - battle against a new Assembly motorway

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Flagging Numberplates

September 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Transport

Getting us the right to have our national flag on our numberplates

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Planning Dictators

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Economy, Transport

The issues surrounding new roads and their planning just never goes away as this latest message to their AMs from objectors to  the A494 widening in Deeside indicates.

The Parliamentary Planning Bill -Proposals for Infrastructure Planning Commission
This week in our Parliament, the government will propose a new “Planning Bill”. It seeks to “fast-track” the [...]

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A discredited highway scheme near you

May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Transport

It seems that there are still significant battles still to be fought before the out of control Welsh Transport Policy juggernaught can be brought to a grinding halt - we publish the latest episode in this titanic battle…
Letter from John Butler to Janet Ryder
Dear Ms Ryder,
Further to our proposed meeting at your constituency office on [...]

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Railroading ahead

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Transport, Welsh Politics

It didn’t sound like a political message when Rhodri Morgan spoke to the Campaign for Real Ale’s UK AGM in Cardiff today.
He bewailed the lack of real ale (hand-pump stuff) in the Valleys, and pointed out that if drinkers wanted something worth imbibing, instead of the “fizzy beers generally found up there, they had [...]

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