Transport

AS FLIGHT cancellations and holiday disruption continues, a plan has been unveiled to help get people's summer plans back on track.

Plans to curb the amount private parking firms can charge drivers in fines have been temporarily withdrawn.

RAIL users in the New Forest and Christchurch are set for a third day of misery as industrial action closes all local stations again tomorrow.

CHARGES at New Forest car parks are set to be considered afresh by Forestry England as it looks to pay for their increasing use.

DISCOUNTED fares are being offered to New Forest residents as the district’s popular open-top bus tours return this summer.

RAIL users across the New Forest and Christchurch have been reminded to find alternative travel from Tuesday as SWR shutters most of its stations.

PLANS to slash the budget for community transport services and concessionary travel by up to £800,000 have been revealed by Hampshire County Council.

As the AA calls for a 10p cut in fuel duty we look at other ways drivers can conserve what's in their tank to reduce petrol and diesel bills.

CAMPAIGNERS from Lymington's Bottom of the Town Group have submitted a petition calling for a crossing at the busy Captains Row access to the Quay

A KEY link to the New Forest has been given more than £13m in government cash to complete "critical" improvements on the route.

TRAIN passengers in the New Forest and Christchurch have been told to expect "severe disruption" to services amid nationwide strikes later this month.

DRIVERS must be prepared to soon pay £2 a litre for petrol and diesel, warns the RAC, as the cost of fuel reaches new heights.

PARTS of the A31 westbound are to be closed to traffic in 15-minute intervals over three days starting from tomorrow (Thursday).

PLOUGHING ahead with plans to reopen the Waterside railway line to passengers could damage efforts to secure “vital” A326 funding, a Forest MP says.

THE “highly dangerous” suspension of a bridge weight limit in Brockenhurst was requested by the parish council, according to Hampshire’s roads chief.

FENCES alongside the A35 need replacing or hungry animals could cause a hazard to motorists, a parish councillor warned.

THE lifting of weight restrictions on a Brockenhurst bridge has been branded “highly dangerous” by angry residents.

A SERIES of road closures are set to take place across the Waterside over the coming days, Hampshire County Council has announced.

TODAY (Tuesday) will see the first of seven brief closures of the A31 amid a major ongoing project to upgrade the route.

THERE could be a day-long royal pardon on parking fees for towns and villages hosting Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.