Briefs

• The Highways Agency has opened a unit to help it develop an "environmental Orate:: " for the planning, construction and maintenance of Britain's trunk road and motorway......

Dot Backs Down On Recovery Tax

by Miles Brignall • The Government has slashed the vehicle excise duty rises on recovery operators proposed in last November's Budget. Instead of a maximum £5,000, recovery......

Road Lobby Unites Against Road Pricing

• Town centre road charging schemes are not likely to be launched before the end of the decade because of technological and legislative difficulties. The Department of Transport......