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Ince again the Old Testament approach has been adopted in answer to an nvironmental and traffic problem. A traffic cordon is being seriously )nsidered by the North Yorkshire authorities and if imposed it will cause iany problems and much expense to freight operators.
It is insufficient to say "thou shalt not" without providing the alternative. lere are places which must be served by road transport, which must pass trough other cities en route. York happens to be on the direct route tween Leeds, Scarborough and Whitby. Hull and Teeside are also directly iked by York.
Of course there must be sympathy for those who are inconvenienced by rough traffic, but surely they realise that their terminal traffic was someone se's through traffic. The answer is and always has been transfer terminals id by-passes.
The terminals can be achieved by private investment, the by-passes pend on public expenditure. New roads are low on the Government's iority list, so it seems that the York scheme, and perhaps others, will be ftly debated with public opinion in favour of bans. This is a matter that arits Ministerial attention. After all, it was the Government who said "hou shalt not build new roads" and local governments who say "Thou alt not use existing roads." e may have to wait for the mitage Report for the answer. his is so then an embargo on ns is necessary now.