New TCs appointed

Civil servants Nick Denton and Kevin Rooney have been appointed as Traffic Commissioners (TCs) for the South Eastern and Metropolitan and North Eastern traffic areas respectively.

Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening confirmed that the pair will take up their new roles in the spring, replacing Philip Brown and Tom Macartney, who both retired in October 2011.

Mr Denton currently heads the freight policy and lorry charging division at the Department for Transport (DfT) where he has most recently worked on HGV road user charging policy and the trial of longer semi-trailers.

Mr Rooney is head of corporate office and corporate communications at VOSA where he has worked on projects to develop compliance and road safety.

Road Haulage Association (RHA) chief executive Geoff Dunning says:  "Both Nick Denton and Kevin Rooney are well known to the RHA and I am confident that these appointments will bring a new dimension to what has always been an excellent working relationship between association staff and the traffic area offices throughout the UK."