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Administrator and Membership Manager for UK Coach Operators Association since June 2024 View all posts by Margaret
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Closures to Piccadilly Underpass – London during 2025 (January 13 to March 14)
Below are planned closure dates of the Piccadilly underpass in 2025 Programme: Westbound Closure: 13 January to 14 March Eastbound Closure: 14 March to 16 May Full Closure: 16 May to 18 July
Charing Cross Road – WC2 24th February to 14 March 2025
Charing Cross Road southbound closure 24 February to 14 March 2025 Contractors WSP working on behalf of Westminster City Council will be carrying out urban realm works on Charing Cross Road at the junction with Bear Street. A southbound directional closure will be in operation
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) reforms – came into effect Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Reforms to Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) have come into effect today (Tuesday 3 December). Changes include: • introducing a National Driver CPC that will cover driving a lorry, bus or coach in the UK • allowing training courses to be done in blocks of 3.5 hours, rather than the previous 7 hours, to … Continue reading “Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) reforms – came into effect Tuesday 3rd December 2024”
Buckingham Palace Road – junction of Bressenden Place; 27th March 2025
There will be an overnight (20:00 to 06:00) lane restriction of Buckingham Palace Road just to the south of the Bressenden Place junction on the night of Thursday 27 March 2025. Only lane three (offside) will be open after the junction and the Big Bus stand will be closed.
IMPORTANT – DfT Issue Update to Smart Tachograph and Driver Hours Regulations for International Journeys
The Department for Transport have yesterday issued an important update to the upcoming requirements for Smart Tachograph 2 installation and driver’s hours records for PSV’s when conducting journeys into the EU. From 31 December 2024, new requirements will come into effect for some commercial international transport journeys involving PSV’s with more than 10 seats. These … Continue reading “IMPORTANT – DfT Issue Update to Smart Tachograph and Driver Hours Regulations for International Journeys”
Gallows Corner – A12/A127 – Monday 3 March until mid-June 2025
There will be a series of temporary lane closures in place at Gallows Corner junction on the A127 Southend Arterial Road and A12 Eastern Avenue, approaching and leaving the roundabout. This will reduce the road from two lanes to one. During this period all routes will remain open, including the Gallows Corner flyover, and temporary … Continue reading “Gallows Corner – A12/A127 – Monday 3 March until mid-June 2025”