Population, Migration and Housing Demand - a Confused Picture based on Estimates and Out of Date Data
Do we really need so many houses in South East England? Or perhaps more? Or perhaps fewer?
29 Aug 2022
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Another Step Forward in Scotland's Plan to Decarbonise its Rail Network.
Work has now started at Thornton Junction on the reinstatement of the Branch Line to Levenmouth with freight carrying capacity. Now a further boost for the Kingdom of Fife has been announced in the form of electrification works along the route known as the Fife Ring.
30 Aug 2022
Fresh Hope for Hope Valley Rail Passenger Services as Modernisation gets Underway.
Passenger services in the Hope Valley have had a history of unrelability. One reason has been the conflict between the passenger and freight trains.
5 Sep 2022
'A Bridge Too Far' or 'Vandalism Vanquished' - National Highways Forced to Abandon Historic Rail and Canal Bridge and Tunnel Infill Plans
Sometime in 2020 someone in Highways England (as it then was), the government roads authority which manages more than 3,200 disused railway and canal structures on behalf of the Department for Transport, had the bright idea of saving money on maintenance - by filling them all in where they pass under roads! A plan to put 134 bridges and tunnels beyond future use was revealed in January 2021, using the simple expedient of ramming under them or into them, soil, gravel, hardcore, aggregate or any suitable rubbish lying around to hand and covering the sides or entrances with concrete. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of aggregate and concrete would have been required. These thoughtless plans would have cut many disused railway or canal routes, some of which could possibly be reopened or used as wayleaves for fibre, electricity, water or other forms of distribution infrastructure. A great many are still in current use as footpaths, cycle routes, farm tracks or as wildlife corridors.
17 Oct 2022
HS2 Infrastructure Maintenance Depot to be built near Calvert, in Buckinghamshire, north of Aylesbury
It has been announced that an Infrastructure Maintenance Depot for HS2 is to be built between Steeple Claydon and Calvert where the East-West Rail Line crosses HS2. The depot will be manned 24/7 and will create 180 jobs.
18 Oct 2022
Just what is it with Tories?
Just what is it with Tories?
21 Oct 2022