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Article: Ring road delays add to city's air pollution
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Paul Jeeves
AIR pollution is worsening in the centre of one of Yorkshire's
most congested cities as motorists avoid a ring road aimed at
reducing tailbacks.
Drivers are opting to travel through the heart of York to avoid
the queues along a notorious stretch of the A1237 which runs across
the northern edge of the city.
Up to two-fifths of all vehicles in the centre of York are
estimated to be heading through the city in the hope of avoiding
tailbacks on the outskirts, causing rising levels of air pollution.
The city's outer ring road was the scene of a double fatal
accident during Tuesday's afternoon rush hour. Two men died when
their white van was involved in an accident with three other ...