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'Speak out for silent majority'
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THE SILENT majority of drivers should speak out now to support a ClOm plan for 10 new roads in Edinburgh. Without them traffic movement in the city will be "truly chaotic," warned Ian Brown, secretary of Transport Action, Scotland.
Lothian Region plan to build the roads, covering 17 miles, over the next eight to 10 years and Mr Brown told a meeting of the East of Scotland area of the RHA: "The silent majority of road users, who want these new roads, must be heard. Among them are road haulage operators, whose vital task, playing an important role in the local economy, is often underestimated."
With a 60 per cent increase in traffic in the city over the last 10 years, Edinburgh was "bursting at the seams." The main problem was in the suburbs where huge increases in traffic had created conditions of "sheer environmental hell."
Mr Brown continued: "Without these 17 miles of new roads, traffic movement in Edinburgh will be truly chaotic. It will be mayhem. But given these new roads, many city streets will experience as much as a 60 per cent drop in traffic."