Road projects decade must "be guaranteed"

Road projects improvements must be prominently priorities under transport over the next decade to the UK economy forwards, go to a business group.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has a list of 13 "major projects" - 10 you road improvements - produced it calculates that have the greatest benefit for the regional economy würde.Die are improvements over the next 10 years much BCC says, although it recognises the need for spending cuts UK reduce budget deficit.

In addition to calling for a third Heathrow start and landing strip, London Crossrail system and a new Manchester rail hub proposals include Highway improvements throughout the UK.

In the most ambitious, a replacement for the forth bridge - would be scheduled at a price of £ 1.4 billion - improvements on the A14 in the East of England and a M4 relief road in Wales.

The 13 projects, estimates the BCC that would generate 85 billion pounds for the economy, but require a financial effort from 29.8 billion £, which provides it, would be equally satisfied about between the private and public sectors.

And it is important that the financing as well as the political will to construct [is] guaranteed - regardless of the pressure on public finances the group said.

BCC General Manager David Frost said: "a Government focused on Britain's future economic success to securing investment in priority transport projects to do everything must."

"These infrastructure improvements are not only needed economic growth to unlock, but will also help troubled UK construction and local businesses in the supply chain."

However, said lobby group campaign for better transport that lambasted last month of the Government decision-making process road projects against the "siren calls to business voices".

Referring to the Department of Transportation recently sustainable travel cities published campaigner Richard George of the report group streets and climate change said: "as the British Chambers of Commerce calls for unaffordable and destructive road, new evidence shows, smart measures traffic problems can now tackle transport."

"Travel plans for schools and workplace combined with good information and local cycling improvements have cut car use in your cities and massively increased cycling and bus use."

"We want to lead the next Government in just this kind of sustainable transport to invest not massive road projects to bigger, wider congestion."

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UN approved 'Decade of Action on Road Safety'

10 Years from 2011-2020 is an international focus on global road safety, bring to the United Nations adopted proposals designed, save millions of lives.

The agreement follows petitions to the international community by the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) of make roads safe campaign 2011 starting a so-called Decade of action for road safety required hatte.Die Group had his message met, the first global road safety Conference, meeting in Moscow last year, the Minister from 70 countries participated in November.

Make roads safe says that joined by decision making, the UN has to meet a rapidly increasing global problem.To 1.3 million are killed the campaign people worldwide each year in road accidents.

Without intervention of the international community it argued, would this figure be set "dramatically" during ansteigen.Es approaching 2020 claims however, that a "major co-ordinated approach" by 2020 can prevent five million deaths and 50 million injuries.

The 20-point UN resolution officially welcomes the Moscow Declaration, assign to 2011 and 2020 the World Health Organization calls the objective of stabilising and then the number of road deaths against current forecast levels reduzieren.Es and UN regional commissions lead an action plan with partners, to work during the entire decade to produce.

It demands governments together with public institutions and private companies to avoid driver distractions such as texting while driving - some of the most recent surveys identified as a significant threat to the security.

Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh, make roads safe global Ambassador, said the children of school age upwards of 2,000 of the General Assembly during the debate, killed or seriously injured every day worldwide - and this number is set in the coming years double.

"By having road safety a priority in the next ten years we the potential, to millions of lives save, and many millions of injuries and disabilities, to prevent" she added.

"The UN Decade of action for road safety gives us a real chance to change direction."

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