Highways England is lifting more than 200 miles of roadworks in time for the festive getaway leaving more than 97 per cent of motorways and strategic A roads roadworks-free.
A congestion-busting new dual carriageway between Windy Harbour and Skippool near Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire is a step closer after the Planning Inspectorate agreed to examine Highways England’s plans.
Rail workers were said to be solidly supporting the latest strike in the long-running dispute over guards on trains, disrupting travel on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The Campaign for Better Transport has warned the rail industry that passengers will not tolerate a repeat of the rail timetable chaos they endured in the summer and lessons must be learned from past mistakes.
The level of investment and complexity in introducing new services meant that the rail timetable change planned for May 20 was "unprecedented" in scale, according to MPs.
The Transport Secretary should have been more proactive in preventing this year's train timetable chaos, while swift reforms are needed to restore passengers' trust in the railways, according to MPs.
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday November 30 but could be subject to change including weather.
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