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Backhouse Jones – Keep your wheels turning: Important updates
2025 Border Force report: What hauliers need to know A new report outlines growing expectations on hauliers to improve vehicle security, collaborate with authorities, and prepare for stricter enforcement under the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme. BHJ is BACK on the road with RHA Spring Briefings Our employment law team is joining the RHA Spring Briefings to explore the draft Employment Rights Bill and what it means for haulage … Continue reading “Backhouse Jones – Keep your wheels turning: Important updates “
Weekend Travel Advice – 29 May to 1st June 2025
Thursday 29 May Central London From 10:00 on Thursday until 01:00 on Friday, Pall Mall East will be closed for filming. Traffic will be diverted using the Cockspur Street bus lane. Lords Cricket Ground From 14:00 until 21:30, Lords Cricket Ground will host a cricket match, with start of play at 18:15. Large crowds and … Continue reading “Weekend Travel Advice – 29 May to 1st June 2025”
Construction work on major scheme to transform A23 Streatham Hill to begin in summer 2025
Scheme will create new pedestrian crossings, a protected cycling route and improvements to bus lanes in the area Construction programme planned to minimise disruption for local residents and businesses as much as possible, but there will be impact at times TfL launching a dedicated travel advice page closer to the start of these works. Roads … Continue reading “Construction work on major scheme to transform A23 Streatham Hill to begin in summer 2025”
M20 – Operation Brock
When there’s any sort of disruption in the channel, HGV traffic on the M20 heading for the Port of Dover or the Eurotunnel has nowhere to go. ‘Brock’ is a contraflow that can be set up overnight. It separates traffic into different lanes across both carriageways and keeps the M20 and other local roads open … Continue reading “M20 – Operation Brock”
A312 Harlington Road East – Friday 23 May to early June
From Friday 23 May Harlington Road East will be closed 24/7. Access only from Browells Lane to A244 Hounslow Road for at least one week. Signposted diversion routes will be in place. This is to allow sewage repairs to take place by Thames Water.
Bishopsgate EC2M 5 – 11 June 2025
Northbound overnight (21:00 to 05:00) closure of Bishopsgate between Wormwood Street and Primrose Street. This will be on weekday nights 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 June 2025. Coach stop G will not be accessible during these works. Can operators who use this stop let Robert Hall (details below) know what alternatives they would like … Continue reading “Bishopsgate EC2M 5 – 11 June 2025”