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Driving Britain off the roads

More cars, more houses. Official predictions suggest that Britain faces a future of rising congestion and pollution, as more countryside disappears under concrete and tarmac

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WHEN the idea of a ring-road around London was first mooted, it seemed like an obvious way to ease traffic in the capital. But ten years after the completion of the M25, congestion on the roads of London is still worsening; and the M25 itself, jammed with cars and trucks, mocks the notion that building more roads is an adequate solution to Britain's traffic problems.

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