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Induced traffic from new roads not always bad, Skates tells Senedd

Rhodri Clark
19 July 2024
 

Senior Welsh Government figures have said that traffic induced by new roads is not always bad, and that relief roads designed for low speeds would not induce “any more traffic” if they allow modal shift towards buses and active travel on pre-existing main roads.

The government’s latest thinking has emerged as it looks at possible changes to its current roads policy statement which sets four tests for new road schemes, including that they should not increase road capacity for...

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