David Shepherd, Chair of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT)’s Transport & Connectivity Board said: “We welcome the government’s commitment to accountability and to ensuring investment in local roads delivers real improvements for drivers. Multi-year funding certainty is something local authorities have repeatedly called for…
Business leaders this week urged the Government to roll out the technology from the first ground-breaking pilot trialling next-generation onboard Wi-Fi on Great Western Railway (GWR). Over 60 South West-based businesses, from SMEs to global firms, have signed a letter to the Secretary of State calling for the Government to allocate funds…
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has submitted its response to the government’s consultation on Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Other Changes to the Planning System (December 2025). Angela Jones, President of ADEPT said: “ADEPT welcomes the government’s ambition to…
Peninsula Transport and Western Gateway Sub-national transport bodies (STBs) have together awarded £110k to support the development of six innovative projects aimed at improving transport in rural Southwest places. The schemes funded in the Peninsula Transport region are: The Gateway project, Torpoint The trial will test bus service viability, integration…
Over the weekend, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the extension of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 programme for an additional year, with up to £300,000 in total. ADEPT’s Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK is a UK-wide £30 million programme funded by the Department for Transport, aimed at decarbonising the…