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Peninsula Transport welcomes consent for A303 Sparkford to Ilchester road upgrade
Peninsula Transport welcomes the Government’s decision to grant a development consent order for the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester dualling by Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport.
Peninsula Transport Chair Councillor Geoff Brown said: “Upgrading the road to a dual carriageway between Sparkford and Ilchester is an important milestone in delivering much needed improvements to the A303/A358/A30 corridor…
Opening of the Nexus link road for Taunton’s M5 Junction 25 welcomed
Peninsula Transport has welcomed the opening of the Nexus link road, part of a multi-million project to upgrade Taunton’s M5 Junction 25. The link road is the next key stage in the £19.2m improvement of Junction 25, which will deliver significantly increased capacity when finished next summer…
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Christmas travel advice is stay local
Stay local wherever possible is the message from Peninsula Transport this Christmas. The changes to the government rules and the new tiers announced at the weekend make it even more important to only travel if absolutely necessary. Cornwall is Tier 1 and Plymouth,...
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Government infrastructure spending welcomed
The government commitment to spending on infrastructure and levelling up across the regions has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport at its Board meeting on 4 December. Chairman, Councillor Geoff Brown, said: “We warmly welcome the government’s commitment...
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Green light for A303 Stonehenge welcomed
The decision by the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hons Grant Shapps MP, to give the green light to the package of road improvements on the A303 at Stonehenge has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport. The £1.7bn package of improvements include a two mile...
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£60M for North Devon link road welcomed
Peninsula Transport has welcomed the news that the government will provide £60M of funding for the North Devon Link Road. Drivers, businesses and residents in North Devon will soon benefit from a multi-million-pound road upgrade set to get underway this month...
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£425,000 of government funding secured for Peninsula
A package of funding worth £425,000 has been secured from the Department of Transport to support work to develop a comprehensive transport strategy for the Peninsula. This include work to look at economic connectivity, carbon transition, technology and...
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Strategic road corridors in SW Peninsula
The Chair of Peninsula Transport, Geoff Brown, has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hons Grant Shapps MP, to emphasise the importance of the strategic road corridors to provide consistent and reliable connections North/South via the M5 and A38 and...
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Board meeting 3 Sept held online
Due to the ongoing situation with Covid19 Peninsula Transport will hold its next Board meeting on 3 September as a virtual meeting. The virtual meeting will be open to the public and more information on how to access the meeting, the rules governing online meetings...
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