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RDAs take control of transport as regional assemblies scrapped

19 July 2007
SEERA chairman Keith Mitchell: attacked decision to hand regional planning and transport powers to ?unelected quango placemen?.
SEERA chairman Keith Mitchell: attacked decision to hand regional planning and transport powers to ?unelected quango placemen?.

 

Environmental campaign groups and regional assemblies this week attacked Government plans to transfer responsibility for regional transport and planning in England to the Regional Development Agencies, claiming the move would result in transport policies promoting economic growth at the expense of the environment and looser democratic accountability in these key policy areas.

The much anticipated Treasury-led sub-national review of governance recommends the scrapping of regional assemblies...

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