A travelcard aimed at getting people to leave their cars at home when they go to work was launched yesterday by Go For Jobs campaigners fighting to improve the region's transport network.Read
A growing campaign to upgrade the A1 has been boosted by business chiefs issuing a rallying call for support. Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell also backed demands for improvements.Read
Conservatives will reform the Highways Agency's planning powers following anger over delays to vital developments in the North-East, the party's transport spokesman signalled last night.Read
Road bosses were last night accused of being "embarrassing", "nitpicking" and putting "bureaucratic obstacles" in the way of a crucial redevelopment plan to revitalise a former shipbuilding community.Read
The transport expert leading a massive study of North-East congestion says the Government is wrong to delay upgrades to the A1 until after he finishes his work.Read
A top Government adviser has ordered road chiefs in the region to stop blocking key developments at the last minute, amid warnings that they were jeopardising vital North-East jobs.Read
North-East Chamber of Commerce president Maggie Pavlou last night urged more businesses and public bodies to back the Go For Jobs campaign, after it was honoured by Britain's industrial leaders.Read
The Go For Jobs campaign has highlighted how congestion is strangling the North-East economy. Ross Smith and Helen Livingstone report on efforts to tackle the problem.Read
The Go For Jobs campaign is one year old - but still has work to do. Ross Smith reports on the transport improvements still badly needed in the North-East.Read
The Go For Jobs campaign is one year old this week. In the first of a three-part series, Ross Smith and Helen Livingstone report on how it has unlocked crucial developments.Read
The Highways Agency has bowed to pressure from the Go For Jobs campaign by agreeing to draw up guidelines setting out when it will intervene in developments in the North-East.Read
