growing congestion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowingandcongestion
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growing
adjective
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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congestion
noun[U]
uk/kənˈdʒes.tʃən/us/kənˈdʒes.tʃən/
a situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandcongestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The response has indicated a general desire that everything possible should be done to alleviate thegrowingcongestionat the peak of the holiday season.
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This will give the schools more freedom in planning their holidays, which becomes increasingly important with thegrowingcongestionin the holiday months.
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But the same pattern appears here as elsewhere: deterioration in certain services;growingcongestion; and a continual rise in fares.
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As the general public is concerned aboutgrowingcongestionand near-misses in the air, are there any interim measures in prospect?
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These initiatives are intended to combatgrowingcongestion, negative environmental effects, our over-dependence on oil and the high number of road accidents.
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We have a situation ofgrowingcongestionin our cities.
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These routes are of vital importance to the competitiveness of the region andgrowingcongestionproblems need to be tackled to facilitate economic development.
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They have been torn between environmental concerns andgrowingcongestionand angry motorists.
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Most of us know that this is leading to agrowingcongestionwhich is slowing down the movement of traffic on our roads and streets to something near immobility.
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We are convinced that it is needed by 1980 as a beginning to relieve thegrowingcongestionat the other airports and to take up the increasing volume of traffic.
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We havegrowingcongestionand pollution.
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If we are to combat thegrowingcongestionon our roads and the increasing pollution of our environment, we have to transport more people and freight by rail.
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By 1973,growingcongestionwas again creating delays and unreliable timing on the long cross-city routes, and some services were again split.
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Many believed that such subsidies contributed to thegrowingcongestionon the highways.
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A major change in the town centre road infrastructure was the construction of the ring road in the 1970s and 1980s, which relieved the town'sgrowingcongestionproblem.
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