Impact
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- See also: Economy of Telford
The recent strong economic growth and lower unemployment in the Telford area has been attributed to the construction of the motorway: unemployment in the 1980s was over 20%, but by 2004 this figure had fallen to 3.3%. The motorway enabled the development of distribution centres in Telford, and industrial estates such as Hortonwood and Stafford Park have provided employment in the area.
Some of the highest pollution levels in the borough of Telford and Wrekin are along the M54, particularly in the urban area between junctions 5 and 7.
The M54 is particularly busy in mid-August: it carries traffic to the V Festival at Weston-under-Lizard from the south (via the M6), and to Shrewsbury Flower Show from the east.
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—Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
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