An action plan was published following the 2011 consultation but the authority emphasised that it was not ultimately responsible for the management of the highway network.

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"Given the scale of the planned cuts, you might expect a caring population to express anger about cuts to care for older people, about the impact of cuts on the highway network and congestion and about the impact of cuts on recycling, " he wrote.

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But power outages and highway closures paralyzed the city as its transit network was shut down.

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