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Wilson backs Transport 2000
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• Two moves came this week, to ease congestion on London's roads.
On Tuesday, Opposition leader Harold Wilson pledged Labour Party support to the campaign of Transport 2000, the prime instigator of which is the National Union of Railwaymen but for which spokesmen claim (CM Febraury 9) that it is neither pro-rail nor anti-road. Mr Wilson called for a "reversal of recent railroad trends on environmental grounds" and said the railways should be run for the social benefit and welfare of the community as a whole.
Mr Wilson explained that a rational. policy would mean the maximum use of the railway system and described plans for the London motorway system as "marginal mentality road proposals".
And the British Waterways Board have disclosed an idea to make the southern end of the Grand Union Canal into a commercial water route, enabling freight carriers to avoid the nose-to-tail congestion of inner London.
The Waterways Board has now decided to open discussions with the Greater London Council. The board's chairman, Sir Frank Price, said that subject to viability, the waterway could make a contribution in transport, environmental, and social terms and that the possibilities should be explored with the GLC and the DoE.