As you would expect, a great deal of concern. The industry has invested billions in this transition and a lot of it has gone into the uk already, the government has backed that. You have seen them invest in the Tata Battery Factory in somerset, mini production in cowley, Electric Vehicle for commercial Vehicle Production in ellesmere port. So weve got mixed messaging when youre investing in there. If you want to attract and continue that investment, you need a strong market. We want to see what is being said, because at the moment we are getting this mixed message about what is it that the government wants. Ill tell you, if you want to achieve net zero, you have to decarbonise road transport. This morning home secretary Suella Braverman backed the Prime Minister for making difficult decisions on net zero and putting Household Costs first. The Prime Minister is taking an approach of pragmatism and proportionality when it comes to delivering our net zero commitments. Its right that he as
Outside and our commute actually looking real nice, far cry from what we saw yesterday. Hopefully thats all kind of moving past us little bit. The system that came through long gone, so i think the morning drive will be the easy one, pm drive that may get little dicey. We will be talking about, that and the s word, snow, very possible that you see little modest accumulation out out of this this just to get you out the door right now is how it currently stands. Very, very quiet start to the day. Winds is very calm. You have just little bit of cloud cover overhead. It is chilly, ill give you that, actual air temperatures, in the teens, in many of the outlying suburbs, even trenton is at 19 degrees right now, down toward the beaches and the area shore points. Youre also held back into the 20s at this hour, so it is cold. But again, you dont have to factor in too much after windchill, at least not at the moment. Thats helpful. Meanwhile just to the north of the city finding Single Digits i
Areas. Low visibility briefly with roads mainly wet. Temperatures will start to drop at the time of the snowfall. Those treated roads should be mostly fine. Temperatures right now, though, we have a lot of 20s on the map as you step outside. You want the warm coat. The Winter Weather advisories up for the district and also maryland. Take a look at future weather going through time. Lunchtime, not too much happening. 3 00 p. M. , look at that. Snowfall around d. C. All the way up to new york. Well take a closer look at what to expect where you live straight ahead. As far as your friday morning commute, how is it looking melissa . Looking pretty good. Bw parkway at the beltway, headlights are out of the loop. Everything rolling along fine this morning. Inbound 66. The ramp to the outer loop again. Right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. Right now, 66 looking pretty good here. All things considered. Northbound 301 at cedarville, the left side blocked by a crash and waldorf, 301 inbound
Information for the weekend. First well start with traffic. Pamela . Things are moving pretty smoothly out there so far. Lets look at 76 at the conshohocken curve. You see a few cars on the roadway this morning. No major problem spots to speak of. Same on mass transit. Septa, new jersey, amtrak, and patco on time. One more alert to pass along. There was an accident in the southbound lanes of the boulevard that was blocking around south fox street. That is now clear both northbound and southbound. You shouldnt have any trouble there either. Thank you. 4 01. Were following breaking news in wilmington. Firefighters spent the early hours battling a house fire on locust street. Firefighters werent sure if anyone was in the building. No one has been taken to the hospital. Well keep you update. A fiery onecar crash briefly closed lanes along the boulevard at fox street. A car flipped and caught on fire. One person was taken to the hospital. Crews salted the road to keep it from icing over aft
20s to around 30. You factor in the breeze, and it will feel that much more numbing. Numbing in the car this morning. I had to turn on the seat heaters, wheel warmer. What else do you need . Yeah. People are hibernating because there are only a few people on the roads. 202 at town center road, everything moving smoothly. Well look at drive times for the area if this is the route you take. Say youre going northbound trying to get to the schuylkill expressway, average speeds in the 60s. It will take you about nine minutes to get there. Looking good going southbound, as well. If youre traveling mass transit, again, bundle up before you get outside. Septa, new jersey transit,ment i cant, and patc transit, amtrak, and patco running on time. Thank you. Forced out by flames. Crews are heading back today to this fireravaged Delaware County apartment complex to figure out what sparked that destructive blaze. Neighbors escaped the flames but now have no home during this bitter cold stretch. Nbc1