Monthly Archives: August 2010

Labour leadership hopefuls quizzed on metrication

Posted on 2010-08-30 by Erithacus

It is at least possible that one of the five candidates for the Labour leadership will be our next Prime Minister – so it would be helpful to know where each stands on the question of completing metrication.  Here is … Continue reading →

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Sign clutter campaign misses obvious target

Posted on 2010-08-27 by philh

The UK Metric Association (UKMA) welcomes today’s announcement by the government of an attack on unnecessary sign clutter, but believes that some obvious targets have been missed: in particular, the Department for Transport’s requirements for local authorities to use multiple … Continue reading →

Posted in Road signs, Transport | 14 Comments

‘Rebalancing of the UK economy’ postponed?

Posted on 2010-08-03 by derekp

Metric Views has learned that the coalition government may drop the proposed amendments to road traffic sign regulations, which would have required dual signage of height and width restrictions within four years and which would have achieved savings and improvements in … Continue reading →

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