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You will hear the chairman of the Highways Committee of Granford, speaking to members of the public about proposed changes to traffic and parking in the area.
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First, You have some time to look at questions 11 to 13.
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Now listen carefully.
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and answer questions 11 to 13.
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Good evening everyone.
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My name's Phil Sutton and I'm Chairman of the Highways Committee.
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We have called this meeting to inform members of the public about the new regulations for traffic
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and parking we are proposing for Granford.
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I'll start by summarising these changes before we open the meeting to questions.
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So, why do we need to make these changes to traffic systems in Granford?
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Well?
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We're very aware that traffic is becoming an increasing problem.
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It's been especially noticeable with the increase in heavy traffic while they've been building the new hospital.
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but it's the overall rise in the volume of traffic of all kinds that's concerning us.
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To date, there's not been any increase in traffic accidents, but that's not something we want to see happen, obviously.
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We recently carried out a survey of local residents, and their responses were interesting.
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People were very concerned about the lack of visibility on some roads due to cars parked along the sides of the roads.
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"'We'd expected complaints about the congestion near the school,' when parents are dropping off their children or picking them up.
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But this was on top of the list, and nor were noise and fumes from trucks and lorries, though they were mentioned by some people.
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We think these new traffic regulations would make a lot of difference.
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But we still have a long way to go.
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We've managed to keep our proposals within budget, just so they can be covered by the Council.
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But, of course, it's no good introducing new regulations
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if we don't have a way of making sure
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that everyone obeys them.' and that's an area we're still working on with the help of representatives from the police force.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, You have some time to look at questions 14 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 14 to 20.
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OK, so this slide shows a map of the central area of Granford, with the high street in the middle and school road on the right.
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Now, we already have a set of traffic lights in the High Street at the junction with Station Road, but we're planning to have another set at the other end,
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at the School Road Junction, to regulate the flow of traffic along the High Street.
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We've decided we definitely need a pedestrian crossing.
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We considered putting this on school road just outside the school, but in the end we decided that could lead to a lot of traffic congestion.
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So we decided to locate it on the High Street, crossing the road in front of the supermarket.
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That's a very busy area, so it should help things there.
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we are proposing some changes to parking at present parking isn't allowed on the high street outside the library
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but we are going to change that and allow parking there
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but not at the other end of the high street near school road
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There'll be a new 'no parking' sign on School Road, just by the entrance to the school, forbidding parking for 25 metres.
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This should improve visibility for drivers and pedestrians, especially on the bend just to the north of the school.
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As far as disabled drivers are concerned, at present they have parking outside the supermarket.
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But lorries also use those spaces, so we've got two new disabled parking spaces on the side road up towards the bank.
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It's not ideal, but probably better than the present arrangement.
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We also plan to widen the pavement on School Road.
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"'We think we can manage to get an extra half metre
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on the bend "'just before you get to the school.' "'on the same side of the road.' Finally,
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We've introduced new restrictions on loading and unloading for the supermarket, so lorries will only be allowed to stop there before 8am.
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That's the supermarket on School Road.
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We kept to the existing arrangements with the High Street supermarket.
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Okay, so that's about it.
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That is the end of section two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.

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  • traffic congestion:交通渋滞。「学校の前で交通渋滞が起きる」などの文で使われ、日常会話やニュースで頻出です。
  • pedestrian crossing:歩行者横断帯。「スーパーの前に歩行者横断帯を設置する」などの表現に。
  • no parking sign:駐車禁止標識。「学校の入り口に駐車禁止標識を設置する」という文で使われます。
  • loading and unloading:荷物の積み下ろし。「スーパーの荷物の積み下ろしは午前8時まで」などの規制を説明するのに便利です。
  • within budget:予算内で。「提案は予算内でまかなえる」というように、経済的な話題でよく使われます。

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