It includes proposals for a new by-pass in Ballasalla to divert south-bound traffic away from the village centre, through to Balthane Industrial Estate.

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During the winter months, the Albula mountain pass closes to car traffic and the road gets taken over by schussing wooden toboggans.

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Cancelling the Salisbury by-pass, for example, will condemn the city to worse traffic jams unless its council takes radical measures to prevent traffic coming into the city centre.

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These allow the operator greater control over quality by cutting down the number of router hops the packets have to pass through and managing traffic flows to avoid congestion.

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