Transport Planning Associates (TPA)

  The green light has been given to proposals to upgrade the route between the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire and the A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire, entailing the creation of a new 10-mile dual carriageway linking the two.  A development consent order has been granted by transport secretary Grant Shapps, thereby clearing the way for the project that is aimed at addressing one of the region’s most notorious congestion hotspots.  What else is known about the scheme for which consent has been granted?  According to National Highways, which put forward the plan, the upgrade work will involve both existing roundabouts being transformed into modern, free-flowing junctions, with a new junction added at Cambridge Road, in hopes of improving access to St Neots and its railway station.  It is intended that the scheme will help improve journeys in the locality by filling in the missing link of dual carriageway on the strategic road networ...

  The critical role that the UK’s air ambulances play in our national life cannot be emphasised enough. Providing emergency medical functions and patient transport between specialist centres, the organisations operating the helicopters and aircraft that routinely save lives are also unfortunately often precariously funded.  Every donation, then, makes a real difference to the effectiveness of the services air ambulance charities can provide to people in acute need.  This helps explain our own close commitment to supporting such charities here at Transport Planning Associates. Our offices help no fewer than six local air ambulance charities to continue doing their sterling and urgently required work, with our business having donated to each and every one of them this year.  Which air ambulance charities does TPA support?  Our local offices have donated to the following charities operating air-ambulance services in 2022; if you would like to make your own ...