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Warm welcome for additional bus and rail investment
The announcement by the Prime Minister of a new funding package to improve bus services, enhance cycle links and level up infrastructure across the UK has been warmly welcomed by Peninsula Transport. Cllr Geoff Brown, Chair of Peninsula Transport said: "We welcome...
Peninsula Transport at Highways UK
Peninsula Transport joined seven other Transport bodies to create a hub at Highways UK, the country's largest transport trade event, at the NEC. The event gave Peninsula Transport the chance to talk to people about the role of the STB in championing the transport...
Board welcomes go ahead for road schemes
Three road schemes in the Peninsula Transport region have been given the green light to proceed by the Department of Transport. The schemes include A38 – (Bristol Airport access improvement)A38 Manadon interchange (Plymouth)A374/A386/A3064 Plymouth MRN phase 1 Cllr...
SW Transport Boards Open event – 2 October
The two south west transport boards, Peninsula Transport and Western Gateway, held an open event on Wed 2 Oct at Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton. The event was an opportunity to find out more about the boards and their work and how to influence and...
Over £500M package of transport schemes for South West submitted to government
Peninsula Transport has submitted a ‘big six’ list of high-priority road improvement schemes to government for consideration as part of a £500M plus, five-year investment programme. The schemes to cut congestion, speed up journeys and support local and regional...
A358 improvements welcomed
2 July 2019 Peninsula Transport has welcomed the announcement from Highways England of its preferred route for improving the A358. This is a major step forward for one of Peninsula Transport's strategic priorities. The A358 is Somerset's busiest A road and...
Five themes emerging from Economic Connectivity Study
26 June 2019 Board members of Peninsula Transport will hear at their meeting on Wednesday 3 July about five themes which have emerged from the work done so far to identify the strategic transport and connectivity issues in the Peninsula. Consultants, AECOM, were...
Peninsula Transport holds first transport forum
24 May 2019 Over 20 key stakeholders attended Peninsular Transport’s first Transport Forum. Representatives of the major business organisations and transport providers attending included: Bristol Airport, Plymouth CityBus, Tamar Bridge, Great...
Peninsula Transport backs tough screening of key road schemes
5 March 2019 The newly formed Peninsula Transport partnership is currently identifying a set of key transport schemes to be submitted to the government’s Major Road Network and Large Local Major fund. Schemes put forward have to meet a tough set of criteria....