This from the Highways Agency...
Elaine Holt and Tom Smith will provide valuable insight and leadership in helping the Highways Agency to maintain, operate and improve England’s major roads, as well as preparing for the biggest investment in the country’s road network for 40 years. Both take up their roles this month.
A marriage made in heaven!
Meanwhile, come 1st September - Network Rail, be afraid, be very afraid...
This from the Sleeper...
This has been installed at Huddersfield station:
This from Leo Pink...
It looks as though the soi disant veteran observer is even more of
a veteran than we first thought!
It turns out that he is chairing the Derby175 group tasked with delivering celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of
the railway's arrival in Derby.
Presumably he was appointed because he is the only person who can
remember what happened at the time?
Or more likely, because he is a silly old... (that's quite enough history! Ed)
This from Howard Wade...
Reacting to today’s news that the government is to build a dedicated further education college to train the next generation of train engineers for HS2, Alistair Dormer, Hitachi Rail Europe's Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said:
"We are very pleased the government recognises the importance of good infrastructure. Hitachi Rail Europe is investing in Britain’s future through a new factory at Newton Aycliffe, in County Durham, which will employ 730 people building trains for the home and export market with Made in Britain stamped on them."
Where will this proud claim be 'stamped', we wonder?
No doubt some journalist with an inconveniently long memory will ask to be shown the precise location?
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