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Bypasses 'not working'

Tue, 04 Jul 2006

Bypasses built around towns and villages across the UK are failing to cut congestion on Britain's roads, research by environmental campaigners has found.

The study, carried out by the Countryside Agency and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, claims that traffic has increased to levels way beyond those predicted by the government for the Polegate bypass in East Sussex and the Newbury bypass in Berkshire.

The number of cars on these roads had already reached or even exceeded levels predicted for 2010, the researchers claim, with surrounding smaller roads also witnessing an increase in traffic volume.

However, they conceded that traffic levels in the bypassed villages had fallen, but to the detriment of local businesses.

Bypasses continue to form part of the government's plans to cut congestion in the nation's towns and villages, with the aim to cut pollution levels and accident rates.

However, it appears that using bypasses may not have solved these problems, with the chances of a collision and an expensive claim on your car insurance just as likely as before.

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