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Transport East discusses annual report with Public Sector Executive podcast

September 2, 2024

Transport East’s Chief Executive, Andrew Summers, spoke to the Public Sector Executive podcast about our Annual Review for 2023 – 2024, sharing our achievements, goals, and some of the transport challenges which need addressing in the East. Also discussed was the importance of keeping rural communities connected to essential services to enable people and business…

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Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner MP opens East of England’s third Net Zero and Climate Resilience Summit

July 19, 2024

Over 250 people attended the summit at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge where speakers and workshops focused on the actions needed to achieve net zero and climate resilience for the East of England.   The Summit was opened by Daniel Zeichner MP, Defra Minister of State for the Environment.    Mr Zeichner, in his opening address, set…

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Wider South East Freight Forum discusses decarbonisation

July 17, 2024

The latest face-to-face meeting of the Wider South East Freight Forum has taken place where attendees discussed and debated decarbonisation in the freight and logistics sectors. Transport for the South East, England’s Economic Heartland and Transport East jointly organise the forum which is designed to bring together freight and logistics operators and representative organisations, business…

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Will Quince welcomes the new ministerial team at the Department for Transport

July 11, 2024

He said: “On behalf of Transport East, I would like to congratulate the new Secretary of State for Transport and her ministerial team on their appointments. The East has a vital role to support the nation’s growth and prosperity. With our thriving and growing energy sector, our international gateways, and one of the nation’s fastest…

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Report demonstrates the progress to support and enable active travel across the East

June 19, 2024

Transport East has worked with Sustrans – the UK’s walking, wheeling and cycling charity – to understand the progress of the region’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIP) and the work that has been delivered since the initial active travel report we published in 2020. The report provides an overview of activity across the…

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