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Example sentences for: congestion

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What makes this more than a problem of traffic engineering is that you can't reduce congestion without raising issues like air pollution, the greenhouse effect, and the harm that metropolitan sprawl can do to a region's quality of life.
The Washington Post 's lead is local: The Beltway will soon get uglier, as a federal appeals court resurrected plans to replace the deteriorating Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge with a 12-lane one that should alleviate congestion.
On the vast three-sided Confederation Square — popularly known for its traffic congestion as “Confusion Square” — notice the great granite arch of the National War Memorial, with its statues of 22 World War I soldiers and a horse-drawn cannon.
Whereas online sellers promise to liberate you from the congestion of shopping centers, malls invite you to "people-watch " in their food courtyards.
The mayor's race this year was fought in part over alternative approaches to preventing further development and congestion.