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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 25 January 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 28 members in total.

BRITAIN'S ROAD PROGRAMME

That this House recognises that road traffic is set to double by the year 2025; notes that the Department of Transport has recently established a link between the construction of new roads and the generation of new traffic; further notes that the Secretary of State for Transport has been reported as saying that car growth cannot be allowed to continue unchecked; regrets that at the launch of the Government's environmental strategy for the next 20 years the Prime Minister failed to set any targets or enact any policy which will tackle this growth; and therefore calls upon the Government to announce an immediate moratorium on motorway widening, a comprehensive review of the ??23 billion roads programme, the implementation of measure to limit traffic growth and reduce the number of vehicle journeys on Britain's roads and a commitment to invest in clean, efficient public transport as an attractive alternative to the motor car.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 4 amendments.

444A2
leave out from '2025' to end and add 'and welcomes the Department of Transport's plans for new road programmes to assist economic recovery and improve transport infrastructure, whilst continuing the policy of bypasses, including that for Newbury, which benefit local residents; and further urges the Department to continue to encourage more investment in public transport so that it to can assist in dealing with the problems associated with traffic growth.'.
444A3
at end add 'and to immediately abandon the privatisation of British Rail which can only result in a deterioration of services, the abandonment of important inducements to travel such as through ticketing, and in further transfers from rail to road.'.
444A1
at end add 'and further calls for the Department of the Environment to introduce planning guidelines to reduce city centre parking places and for the Treasury to remove all subsidies to business car users.'.
444A4
leave out from '2025' to end and add 'questions whether this and the road construction that will be necessary to ensure efficient road transport will be tolerable either environmentally or financially; welcomes reports that the Secretary of State believes that car use cannot be allowed to continue unchecked; welcomes the Government's measures and proposals to ensure that car users pay more towards their real costs; nevertheless welcomes both those road projects that will assist economic recovery and the policy of bypasses, recalling the arguments for dualling of the Ilminster by-pass and the North Devon link road on grounds of efficiency and safety; and finally urges continued increases in investment in the forms of passenger and freight transport other than cars and lorries, noting that railway privatisation will be judged by how it contributes to the success of these objectives.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
444 
444A2 
444A3 
444A1 
444A4 
Session
1993-94
Other sponsors
Lord Foster of Bath
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lord Tyler
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Subjects
Public transport Motorways Road traffic control
Link
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