Good evening everyone. My name's Phil Sutton, and I'm chairman of the Highways Committee.
大家晚上好。我是Phil Sutton，公路委员会的主席。
We've called this meeting to inform members of the public
我们组织这次会议，是为了通知公众们
about the new regulations for traffic and parking we're proposing for Granford.
我们正在为Granford的交通和停车所提议的新的规章制度。
I'll start by summarizing these changes before we open the meeting to questions.
在开始提问环节之前，我会首先总结一下这些改变。
So, why do we need to make these changes to traffic systems in Granford?
所以，为什么我们需要对Granford的交通系统做出这些改变呢？
Well, we're very aware that traffic is becoming an increasing problem.
好的，我们非常清楚交通状况正在变成一个越来越棘手的问题。
It's been especially noticeable with the increase in heavy traffic while they've been building the new hospital.
在建设新的医院的时候，交通愈加繁忙，这点尤其明显。
But it's the overall rise in the volume of traffic of all kinds that's concerning us.
但是令我们担忧的是各种交通运输量的总体上升。
To date there's not been any increase in traffic accidents,
到目前为止，交通事故没有任何增长，
but that's not something we want to see happen, obviously.
但是当然了，我们也不想看到这种事情。
We recently carried out a survey of local residents, and their responses were interesting.
我们最近针对当地的居民做了一个调查问卷，他们的回答很有趣。
People were very concerned about the lack of visibility on some roads due to cars parked along the sides of the roads.
人们对因为有车在路边停着，所以影响到了能见度这件事情感到非常担忧。
We'd expected complaints about the congestion near the school when parents are dropping off their children or picking them up.
我们预料到了会有关于当家长接送孩子上学的时候，学校附近交通会很拥堵的一些抱怨。
But this wasn't top of the list, and nor were noise and fumes from trucks and lorries,
但是这并不是最重要的问题，卡车的噪音和尾气也不是，
though they were mentioned by some people.
尽管也有些人提到了这些问题。
We think these new traffic regulations would make a lot of difference.
我们觉得这些新的交通规章制度会带来很大的影响。
But we still have a long way to go.
但是我们要做的还有很多。
We've managed to keep our proposals within budget, just, so they can be covered by the Council.
我们努力将提议刚好控制在预算之内，这样议会就可以支付花费了。
But of course it's no good introducing new regulations if we don't have a way of making sure that everyone obeys them.
但是当然，如果我们不能确保所有人都遵守规定的话，那么引入新的规定也没有什么益处。
And that's an area we're still working on with the help of representatives from the police force.
在来自警察方面的人员的帮助下，我们仍在为此继续努力。