What does detrunk mean?
Detrunk means (transitive) To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway..
Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road. I put it to the Minister in the strongest possible terms that it would be quite wrong and extremely damaging to proceed with the proposals to detrunk those two roads, which form part of the agreed national Argyll tourist route promoted by the Scottish Office.
Simultaneously, the Department for Transport detrunked many roads, shifting the responsibility – and the cost – of maintenance and improvement to local authorities […]
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Detrunk means (transitive) To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway..
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Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road. I put it to the Minister in the strongest possible terms that it would be quite wrong and extremely damaging to proceed with the proposals to detrunk those two roads, which form part of the agreed national Argyll tourist route promoted by the Scottish Office.
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