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NEWS RELEASE Monday 18th October 2004 Congestion charge result welcomed: Commenting on today's positive public inquiry report
into the proposed Edinburgh congestion charge, Colin Howden, TRANSform
Scotland Campaign Manager, said: "This is a very welcome and independent endorsement
of the need to for congestion charging in Edinburgh. The Inquiry Reporters
have clearly seen through all the self-interested special pleading from
motoring organisations and the more short-sighted of Edinburgh's business
groups. "There is no hope of solving Edinburgh's transport
problems unless traffic restraint measures such as congestion charging
are implemented. The political opponents of the congestion charge have
failed to present any credible alternative strategy for tackling Edinburgh's
traffic problems and the Inquiry Reporters have clearly acknowledged this." TRANSform Scotland are now calling on the Scottish
Executive and the UK Transport Secretary Alistair Darling to publicly
back Edinburgh's plans: "It's about time that the Scottish Executive stopped sitting on the fence over congestion charging. If the Executive is to meet its target of stabilising road traffic levels, Scottish transport minister Nicol Stephen and UK transport secretary Alistair Darling, himself an Edinburgh MP, should be publicly promoting congestion charging for Edinburgh." ENDS
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