He was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1996 for services to transport and the environment, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire in November 2010.
Dyfarnwyd OBE (Urdd yr Ymerodraeth Brydeinig) iddo ym 1996 am wasanaethau i drafnidiaeth a'r amgylchedd, a chafodd ddoethuriaeth anrhydeddus gan Brifysgol Swydd Hertford ym mis Tachwedd 2010.