Welcome to bbc news. Utility companies could be charged by the hour for digging up busy roads when they work on improving their infrastructure. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs, or carry out work at night to reduce traffic delays caused by their projects. Roadworks cost the economy £4 billion a year due to due to delayed deliveries and people being unable to get to work on time. The proposals follow successful trials in london and kent, which saw severe congestion fall by more than 50 . The charges, which could be up to £2,500 an hour, aim to encourage Utility Companies to avoid busy routes and times, and to Work Together to avoid repeatedly digging up the same piece of road, richard main reports. Mile after mile, hour after hour of delays caused by roadworks. Its thought one in every three of ourjourneys is held up like this. Around 2. 5 million roadworks are carried out every year in england, costing the economy an estimated £4 billi
Welcome to bbc news. Utility companies could be charged by the hourfor digging up busy roads when they work on improving their infrastructure. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs or carry out work at night to reduce traffic delays caused by their projects. Roadworks cost the economy £4 billion a year due to delayed deliveries and people being unable to get to work on time. The proposals follow successful trials in london and kent which saw severe congestion fall by more than 50 . The charges, which could be up to £2,500 an hour, aim to encourage Utility Companies to avoid busy routes and times and to Work Together to avoid repeatedly digging up the same piece of road. Richard main reports. Mile after mile, hour after hour of delays caused by roadworks. Its thought one in every three of ourjourneys is held up like this. Around 2. 5 million roadworks are carried out every year in england, costing the economy an estimated £4 billion in lost
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Not that were excited or anything. I am certainly excited. I can tell you right now, we wait for this all week, friday and the weekends. Looking outside, a lot of construction, we get to all of that, first, roadways. Showers and thunderstorms will be rumbling on through later on. And where you are, making its way into the poconos, most every russ in fact still dry, thats relative term, because the humidity really ramp up. Notice again, northern part of this mass, youre getting clocked with thunderstorms right now. This is what had been expected weve got duo of fronts coming through, warmfront, cold front later today specially tonight, so that is going to bring in the humidity, the heat and the instability. Now, for now, yes, off to warm start, folks. Only in the upper 70s from millville, out to atlantic city, 76 at the airport, even 76 allentown, up at mount pocono, yes, cooler, but also rain working it way through that will keep things little on the cooler side. Rain cooled air. But v