Monday, December 6, 2010

Transport group slams 'wilfully misleading' Government

Councils across the country are misled, by the Government on the road-building financing, the campaign for better transport (CBT) has claimed.

The group which has improved public transport for their pesticide advertising out hit after regions seven from Britain Government receive support for your transport priorities for the next five years.

The regional proposals in detail is a series of transport improvements for roads and public transport.However, the CBT is building - ?4 billion figure from a total transport significantly from the amount of money towards road account ?5. 5 billion for the five-year period could go.

For each of the plans submitted that said Department for transport, unless "contents with the region priorities", although this does not mean that arrangements have green light given Government worden.Die says it will consider the impact of each one of you on greenhouse gas emissions before issuing a full.

Transport Minister Sadiq Khan said he was confident that each region would help suggestions "efficient, reliable and sustainable transport fit for the 21st century" to develop.

CBT streets and Climate Campaigner Richard George accused the Government of "intentionally misleading" Councils of promising money it knows is to pay which he believes for systems not available, are in conflict with the newly announced CO2 transport strategy.

"Even if we could afford you, I can't see why we would want to" he said.

"Many of these systems are a terrible waste of money and not to time or budget delivered."

"Promised, ?4 spend billions in road construction shows that only after the announcement of a carbon strategy that this Government still its climate change commitments seriously."


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