trunk road
Britishnoun
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Scotland's annual winter service will see around 240 gritters undertake salt spreading and snow ploughing patrols of the trunk road network.
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The second was at Commercial Road where a section of trunk road needed to be replaced and public utilities moved which had to be carried out before the main work could begin.
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Their deaths were another statistic in the grim history of Scotland's longest trunk road.
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"We also have to ask how appropriate it is to have a centre like this located so close to a major trunk road, given the impact on journeys."
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Clement Cuthbertson, a DUP councillor for Mid Ulster, said the figures "mightn't be considered that surprising given that Mid Ulster has so many rural roads and important trunk roads that constantly need maintenance".
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