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East of England roadworks update: Mon 1 December to Sun 7 December 2008

GRANGE BRIDGE REFURBISHMENT, ICKLETON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
The Grange Bridge over the M11 at Ickleton near Saffron Walden will be closed for five days from Monday 1 December for refurbishment works. The road surface will be repaired and bridge joints will be replaced. Traffic will be diverted along Coploe Road. M11 traffic will not be affected by these [...]

Author: Richard Lawton, November 28, 2008
Filed under: Traffic Information

East Midlands motorway and trunk road works programme – Monday 1 December to Sunday 7 December 2008

M1 WIDENING – JUNCTION 25 TO JUNCTION 28
New – Junction 25 to Junction 26
There will be a number of restrictions while the current layout of traffic management is changed.
* The southbound carriageway will be reduced to a single lane from 10pm to 5am on the nights of Monday, 1 and Tuesday, 2 [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

Roadworks information for Highways Agency roads in South Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire

7 DAYS BEGINNING W/B MONDAY, 1st DECEMBER 2008
NEW SCHEMES
M60
Junction 12, Eccles Interchange (re-marking of carriageway, along with essential inspections/maintenance) – overnight closures of anticlockwise (southbound) carriageway at junction 12, between 2200hrs and 0500hrs on Tuesday 2 December, Thursday 4 December and Friday 5 December.
ONGOING SCHEMES
M56
Junctions 15 to 16 (Deeside [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

Highways Agency scheme on A2 reaches major milestone

The Highways Agency’s major scheme on the A2 between Pepperhill and Cobham reaches a significant milestone today (Friday 28 November) with the opening of the new Marling Cross (Gravesend East) junction.
The new junction is part of a £122 million scheme to improve journey times for drivers using the A2, which will provide a link [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

Weekly round up of road works in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol

M5 J11-11a – Gloucestershire Driver Information System
Work starts on Monday 1 December to install seven new variable message signs on the M5 near Gloucester. During the work there will be narrow lanes and a 50 mph speed limit on both carriageways. The new signs will provide advance warnings of accidents, queues and temporary speed [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

M5 j11-11a – improved driver information in Gloucestershire

On Monday 1 December work starts to install new variable message signs between Junctions 11 and 11a near Gloucester and Cheltenham.
The seven new signs will provide drivers with advance real time information on traffic and temporary speed limits.
During the first phase of the work there will be narrow lanes and a 50 mph [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

A30 – A38 Bodmin – Improvements to Carminow Cross Roundabout

Work to improve safety on the approaches to, and on, the Carminow Cross Roundabout will start on 1st December and continue until 19th December.
Additional road markings and new lane destination signs will be provided to encourage better lane discipline on the roundabout and its approaches, along with new ‘SLOW’ road markings on the approach [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

Yorkshire and the Humber Roadworks Update – Saturday 29 November to Friday 5 December

M62 Gildersome Roundabout, south of Leeds
Slight delays are expected at Junction 27 (Gildersome) of the M62 due to roundabout improvement work. There will be various lane closures on the roundabouts and approaches until mid-December. Work takes place overnight 8pm to 6am. Narrow lanes will be in place over 24 hours.
M62, Junction 27 (Gildersome), south [...]

Author: Richard Lawton,
Filed under: Traffic Information

New Licence Link Automates Crucial Employee Driving Licence Checks

CFC Solutions has launched Licence Link, this new software is designed to help employers simplify the routine task of regularly checking car and van driver licence information by providing a ‘real time’ web based system.
Once basic driving licence information is entered onto the system, fleet managers can choose how often automatic checks are made with [...]

Author: Simon McBride,
Filed under: CFC Solutions, DVLA, Fleet management, Fleet management software, Fleet news

London abolishes as Manchester votes on congestion charging

London Mayor Boris Johnson announced today that the “Western Extension” to the London congestion charge zone, covering Kensington and Chelsea, will be abolished by 2010. The decision comes after more than two-thirds of Londoners and businesses responding to the Mayor’s autumn consultation on the future of the zone said they wanted it scrapped. The earliest [...]

Author: Faye Sunderland,
Filed under: Fleet news, General interest

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