http://www.heraldscotland.com/news Scottish Environment & Transport News | Herald Scotland Copyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reserved 2012-02-10T07:40:05Z http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/sustainable-catch.1328843066 Although severely deaf, serial social entrepreneur Geoff Tunstall has never wanted people to make assumptions. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/signalling-staff-plan-two-fresh-strikes-in-jobs-row.16702246 RAIL signalling workers are to stage two fresh strikes in a row over career progression amid claims that talks with management have broken down. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/train-sectarian-cases-soar.16690590 THE number of sectarian incidents reported on Scotland's trains has more than doubled this year amid a "zero tolerance" approach by police. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/spt-warns-against-station-closures.16693264 A TRANSPORT body has called for explicit assurances that no train stations will be closed as part of a Government review of Scotland's rail network. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/firms-blame-fare-rises-on-grant-cuts.16686978 BUS fares will rise and ser-vices will be cut around the country because of changes to a Government grant scheme which could slash some bus company revenues by as much as 40%, an industry group said. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/ferry-fare-discount-kept-for-smaller-vehicles.16687210 MINISTERS last night made a concession to island hauliers fighting to retain reduced ferry fares by confirming small commercial vehicles would now still qualify for the lower prices. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/warning-over-inverness-link-road-delay.16671053 COUNCILLORS risk setting back economic development in Inverness by years unless they make a decision soon on a new road to ease congestion, construction chiefs have warned. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/revised-station-plan-paves-way-for-robroyston-plan-approval.16671327 PLANS to build 1600 homes in the north of Glasgow, together with a new railway station, hotel and shops, are expected to be approved by councillors this week. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/ssssscotland-here-we-come.1328411185 SCOTLAND has a new beastie. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/mod-under-fire-for-atomic-beach-clean-up-failure.1328411186 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has again missed hundreds of radioactive particles contaminating the beach at Dalgety Bay on the Firth of Forth, prompting accusations that it cannot be trusted to carry on monitoring. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/nuclear-waste-plan-abandoned.1328411186 A multi-million pound project that would have led to radioactive waste being buried along the North Ayrshire coastline has been abandoned in the face of protests by local residents and environmentalists. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/drivers-to-face-scotlands-first-motorway-bus-lane.16655650 DRIVERS will be confronted by Scotland's first motorway bus lane this year when a dedicated route is expected to open as part of traffic measures introduced during the construction of the new Forth Road Bridge. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/campaigners-press-case-for-new-stations.16646980 CAMPAIGNERS are urging ministers to add 12 new stations to Scotland's rail network as the Government puts the finishing touches to a £1 billion investment programme in the central belt. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/loganair-chairman-looks-to-the-future-as-airline-celebrates-50th-anniversary.16647320 THE head of Loganair has claimed the airline is well placed to benefit from continuing problems in the aviation sector by taking over routes abandoned by rivals. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/mps-refer-bmi-sale-to-watchdog.16630168 A COMPETITION watchdog has been asked to examine the take-over of ailing airline BMI amid pricing concerns for Scottish passengers. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/july-start-for-50m-a90-work.16629693 WORK to turn one of the busiest roads in the north-east of Scotland into a dual carriageway is expected to start in summer after the first contract was advertised by Transport Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/professor-hits-out-at-policy-for-jump-in-ferry-fares.16629922 THE Scottish Government's policy on cheap ferry fares is economically illiterate, according to a leading authority on the industry. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/spt-manager-is-sacked-for-not-disclosing-affair.16607409 A BUS operations manager has been sacked by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport after claims she was in a relationship with the director of a cleaning company working for the organisation. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/bypass-bridge-options-discussed.16606981 A NEW high-level bridge crossing the River Ness and Caledonian Canal is among three options being considered for a road to ease traffic congestion in Inverness. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/rail-costs-higher-north-of-border.16607299 RAIL travel in Scotland requires twice the level of government subsidy than the UK as a whole due to the low number of passengers on most trains, Britain's rail regulator has found. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/trump-in-fresh-call-for-inquiry-into-wind-farm-plan.1327633660 DONALD Trump last night played the independence card in an attempt to win a public inquiry into a £150 million offshore wind farm that he claims would spoil the views from his luxury Scottish golf resort. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/road-safety-fears-after-traffic-police-numbers-are-reduced.16594439 ROAD safety campaigners claim lives are being put at risk by cuts in the number of traffic police, with figures showing Scotland's largest force has lost more than 50 officers in four years. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/cheap-peak-time-fares-for-elderly-to-be-axed.16597579 CHEAP rail fares for pensioners in and around Scotland's biggest city are to be scrapped during evening rush hour. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/green-power-bids-thrown-into-chaos-by-new-appeal.1327547231 SOLAR power-producing Scots saw their green ventures thrown into more "disarray and chaos" yesterday as the UK Government vowed to pursue further legal action to cut the price it will pay for the clean energy. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/13m-in-secret-payments-to-turn-off-scottish-wind-farms.1327547232 ALMOST £13 million in secret compensation payments has been paid to Scottish wind farm operators to shut down over the past four months, a charity claimed yesterday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/bus-firm-admonished-over-mechanical-failings-on-vehicles.16585830 TRANSPORT giant First has been admonished for mechanical failings which led to one bus catching fire, a wheel falling off another and a bus crashing after its steering wheel failed. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/warning-bus-passengers-face-fare-hike.16586389 BUS passengers in Scotland face paying 10% more for journeys this year as firms are squeezed by Government funding cuts and soaring fuel costs, an industry-funded report has warned. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/anger-over-active-travel-budget-cuts.16586232 OPPOSITION politicians have hit out at cuts of one-third to "active" travel budgets which they claim will make it harder to increase the number of trips made by bike or foot. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/pressure-on-free-travel-scheme.16589771 A RELATIVELY mild winter has put fresh pressure on Scotland's flagship free bus travel scheme, with demand for journeys expected to outstrip the funding available this year. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/a890-to-reopen-in-three-weeks-time.16575755 A VITAL road closed by a landslide three days before Christmas is scheduled to partially reopen in three weeks and will be back to full use a month later.