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Transport

Road works on the Westlink

Northern Ireland's ten year transport strategy (PDF) will not halt Northern Ireland's soaring traffic levels.

It panders to three common transport myths:

It will mean:

Did you know?

Roads Service has admitted that the Westlink in Belfast will be full on the day the widening is completed. And it will be congested again in 5 or 10 years.

 

Friends of the Earth believes more money should be spent on buses, trains and, walking and cycling facilities.

Our vision for the future of railways is entitled Out of the Shadows (PDF)

Our briefing, Railways: ruin or revival? (PDF 128K) is also available.

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