Transport

BURTON residents have successfully campaigned for a new bus service.

HAMPSHIRE County Council has selected an improvement plan for the A326 which will kick into gear if it is granted millions in government funding.

MILFORD parish councillors have agreed to spend £10,000 on the installation of a new bus stop on the B3058 at Downton.

WHEN New Milton man James Riley-Pitt parked to one side of a bay at a near-empty Highcliffe car park, he never imagined he would return to a fine.

DRIVERS should expect long delays and problems on major routes, says the AA, which expects millions of cars to take to the roads this Christmas.

AN overtaking motorist was among 53 offenders caught in another speed crackdown at accident black spot the B3078 Roger Penny Way.

"TECHNICAL difficulties" have delayed the completion of improvement work at a notorious accident blackspot in the New Forest.

DISCUSSIONS over installing average speed cameras on a road notorious for animal accidents will accelerate in the new year, it has been revealed.

PARKING clock prices are set to rise, councillors have admitted, to cover the £150,000 cost of the district council introducing a new virtual system

NEW Forest East MP Julian Lewis has concerns over the planned reintroduction of the Waterside railway passenger service.

PLANS worth up to £25m are in motion for more electric vehicle charging points to be installed across Hampshire.

NEW homes, shops and work places, as well as buildings under going major renovation, will have to add electric car charge points from next year.

A MOTORCYCLIST was hurt in a collision with a car which partially blocked a stretch of the A31 near Ringwood this morning.

DRIVERS are to be banned completely from using mobile phones while driving, under a strengthening of the law, the government has announced today.

A LORRY driver escaped unhurt after the vehicle ploughed into a bridge and overturned, partially closing a stretch of the A31 at Ringwood.

The DVLA has issued a warning to drivers with a licence about to expire as paper applications face extremely long delays.

CONCERNS raised by Ringwood residents have prompted National Highways to delay a planned closure of an A31 slip road.

BUS tickets in Hampshire could soon be used to travel on any routes passengers like.

RAIL travel in the New Forest will be disrupted this week with five days of line closures starting today (Monday).

CAMPAIGNERS for reopening the Waterside railway line are celebrating after the chancellor allocated £7m for the project in the budget this week.