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Writing A Report 12 Class

The report summarizes findings from meetings with local youth about needed changes to the area. Key problems identified are a lack of recreational facilities for young people and unsafe pedestrian routes. The most urgent recommendations are to develop a youth center and sports complex, and improve lighting and sidewalks along busy roads. The changes would provide more activities for youth and make walking safer.

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Writing A Report 12 Class

The report summarizes findings from meetings with local youth about needed changes to the area. Key problems identified are a lack of recreational facilities for young people and unsafe pedestrian routes. The most urgent recommendations are to develop a youth center and sports complex, and improve lighting and sidewalks along busy roads. The changes would provide more activities for youth and make walking safer.

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Writing a report

A report
Is usually written for a particular purpose in a business or work situation
Deals with facts
May contain recommendations for action
Normally used headings for each section
Is written in an impersonal, neutral to formal style

As part of your Urban Studies course, you have attended a presentation of proposed changes to
ease traffic congestion in your town centre. Write a report, giving your opinion of the proposals
and making recommendations to improve them.

Background information
I attended a presentation by the Town Planning Officer, who began by summarising the causes
of traffic congestion in the city centre and the resulting problems. He then moved on to
recommend a number of changes.
Problems
The city is old, with narrow winding streets, many of which are one-way only. Offices, shops
and entertainment facilities attract large numbers of people into the centre at all hours. As a
result, there is a steady stream of traffic, causing jams at peak times and raising pollution levels,
a situation which is both frustrating and unhealthy.
Proposed changes
It was proposed that the city centre be pedestrianised, and all private vehicles be banned. Large
underground car parks should be built at three entry points into the traffic–free zone. From these
entry points, special shuttle buses would run at regular intervals to convey people around the
centre. Shop deliveries would only be made at night, on a rota basis. In addition, improved
public transport services from the suburbs would encourage people to leave theis cars at home.
Comments and recommendations
In my view, the proposals have much to recommend them. The main stumbling block, however,
is the total cost. It was not stated how this money was to be raised. Presumably, there would be
high car park prices, in which case people may be less inclined to use them. The result could be
congestion in the streets outside the traffic-free zone.

Although I support the proposal in general terms, I recommend that it has to be implemented in
stages, to spread the costs. Initially public transport to and from the suburbs should be improved,
and charges for parking in the city centre should be increased. These would immediately ease the
pressure of private cars. Car parks and shuttle buses could then be introduced in phase two.

Your local authority is planning to develop the area you live in to provide better sports, leisure
and other facilities. Young people have been asked to contribute their ideas. As secretary of the
local Youth Community Organization, you have organized several meetings to establish the main
problems and opportunities facing your area. Write a report summarising your findings,
identifying the most urgently needed changes and making recommendations for achieving them.

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