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Monday 20 March 2017 9:58 amNew roads increase traffic rather than ease it, says the Campaign to Protect Rural England CPRE By: Rebecca SmithShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleBuilding new roads causes more traffic, according to a study of over 80 road schemes by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.It found that congestion initially falls, but often this doesn t last long asnew roads result in people swapping from public transport and making more journeys.Read more: This is how much Londoners will pay to live in the congestion charge zoneNew roads didn tprovide a boost to local economies either, but di stanley cup canada d cause long-lasting and significant environmental impacts polene espana ,according to the analysis which looked at the government s published evaluation of completed road schemes. Of 25 schemes which had been arranged on the basis they would benefit the local economy, five had evidence of economic benefit, though the report said it was not possible to directly attribute this to the road schemes because of the paucity of evidence for these five schemes .All new schemes put pressure on adjoining roads, while there were negligible reductions in journey times.The research polene deutschland was published as Highways England, which mans Britain s 4,300 miles of motorways and major trunk roads, starts consultation over funding new roads.Ralph Smyth, head of infrastructure and legal at CPRE, said:Rath Emro Betfair float values company at pound;1.4bn
Wednesday 28 November 2012 8:58 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 7:20 amInvensys offloads rail unit on Siemens in pound;1.7bn dealBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on Faceb stanley cup ookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleENGINEERING group Invensys yesterday shocked the City by securing a pound;1.7bn sale for its rail business in a deal with German giant Siemens.Invensys shares soared 27 per cent to reach 280p yesterday, giving the group a valuation of roughly pound;2.3bn, after the firm sold off its rail arm for just pound;50m less than yesterday morningrsquo market capitalisation for the entire company. The parent company plans to use money from selling Invensys Rail, which produces signalling systems, to return pound;625m of cash to investors ndash; roughly 76p per share. It will also plough pound;400m into its pension scheme to reduce the deficit along with a further pound;225m going into a trust to counteract future pensions problems. This will allow the firm to halt its defici stanley quencher uk t reduction payments, recently totalling pound;40m-pound;47m annually. The sale will leave Invensys more focused on its core business, it says, and deliver cost savings of pound;25m per year by the end of 2014. Following a strategic review which highlighted the likely consolidation in the global rail s stanley becher ignalling market and the limited scope to increase the size of the Invensys Rail business, we have decided |
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