With a change of Government we get a new Transport Minister. Her name is Louise Haigh. It appears she would like to spend more money on rail infrastructure including “nationalisation”  – what is not already effectively nationalised and under Government control.

But there may be more money to fix road potholes also.

More details in this article. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/who-is-new-transport-secretary-louise-haigh-and-what-has-she-said-about-railways-and-roads-05-07-2024/  

Clearly there is already prejudice for rail and against road transport in the usual socialist commitment to public transport which always requires massive financial subsidies.

But at least she does not appear to be a great cycling fan and has said “that she never cycles due to Sheffield’s hills”, but has praised e-bike schemes for making cycling “more accessible”. No doubt she will be persuaded to support “active travel” by civil servants in the Department for Transport in due course when most of us just want to use the quickest, most comfortable and lowest cost transport mode which frequently means a private car.

Roger Lawson

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