Highways England boss snubs smart motorway widow
Nick Harris cancels meeting with Claire Mercer, whose husband was killed in a live lane on the M1, after taking ‘legal advice’
Claire Mercer said she was deeply upset after the meeting was cancelled
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A smart motorways widow who agreed to meet Highways England’s boss to discuss road safety has said she is appalled that he cancelled at the eleventh hour after taking legal advice .
Nick Harris, the newly appointed acting chief executive of the Government-owned transport company, wrote to Claire Mercer saying he wanted to meet face to face to convey his sincere condolences after her husband was killed on the M1 after being stranded in a live lane where the hard shoulder had been scrapped.
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There is a difference of opinions between the Romanian Government and the European Commission regarding the National Resilience and Recovery Plan (PNRR), declared, on Thursday, the minister of Investments and European Projects, Cristian Ghinea, at private broadcaster Digi24, mentioning the motorways, irrigations and culture. There are 350 investment lines in PNRR. I went through with it last night with the coalition leaders. In most cases we are talking about a reduction of sums because there were cases where, just as we were expecting, we did not have a very good substantiation of flows. It is not dramatic. I would abstain from giving details because I would be speaking about ongoing negotiations. Also, if you haven t noticed, I held these negotiations with the European Commission, pretty low profile, so to speak, meaning that I did not feel the need to make negotiations public. Nowhere, in any country, were negotiations made public, Crist
Roadchef to boost staff by a third as drivers flood back onto motorways
Boss heralds second staycation summer as Brits book up domestic holidays
11 April 2021 • 6:21pm
Motorway service operator Roadchef is to hire 1,000 staff as it braces for surging road traffic in a summer of staycations.
The firm has kicked off a major recruitment drive at its 30 pit stop sites over the next three months, as restrictions ease across the country and more people begin travelling to see family and friends.
New roles are expected to range from entry-level posts to manager positions.
Boss Mark Fox said the roads had been very quiet over the past year as lockdowns prevented all but essential travel.