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Article: Glimpse of the future.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2004
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Byline: PHIL REDMOND
RAMPS. Has Halton Borough Council actually stumbled upon the Holy Grail of traffic management? Are the ramps erected on the Runcorn Bridge a glimpse into the future for road construction?
Anyone with experience of the Runcorn Bridge knows it is always a voyage into the unknown with people now carrying photographs of their loved ones and emergency rations just in case they are away too long. The new ramps have added a new and lengthy dimension.
The ramps themselves are not quite as bad as the urban myth that rapidly grew around them, and it is probably the 20mphlimit and reductions to single lanes causing the increased ...