Results tagged “Department for Transport”

The campaign against a 66 per cent price hike to use the Dartford Crossing is stepping up.

London Assembly Member for City and East John Biggs wrote to the Department for Transport this week to say the rise in costs from £1.50 to £2.50 for car users is likely to increase the strain on east London's crossings.

The future of Crossrail is assured under the new Government according to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond.

Mr Hammond, who took up his post after last month's General Election, visited Canary Wharf this afternoon to see how work was progressing on the station at West India Quay.

Crossrail bosses have expressed their delight after the coalition Government gave its backing for the long-awaited train route.

Concerns had been raised over political support from the Conservatives for the £16billion construction but new transport secretary Philip Hammond has now given his seal of approval.

Oyster cards should be valid on rail networks around London for the first time in January.

Rail companies in the capital are completing fine tuning with a view to bringing a pay-as-you-go system into action in the first month of 2010.

Poplar and Canning Town MP Jim Fitzpatrick has moved from transport to agriculture.

The former firefighter arrives at DEFRA following the resignation of Jane Kennedy, who left after she was unable to confirm her support for embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.