0 a place where a road or path becomes narrow, or a place where there is often a lot of traffic, causing the traffic to slow down or stop:
The strongest cross-party, cross-community support exists to solve the problem, whether it is referred to as congestion, a bottleneck or a pinch point.
That is a very severe pinch point in the road network.
The increase of two lanes to three lanes relates to the railway bridges which are a pinch point on the route.
I understand that the reason for the change is that that bit of the line is a pinch point, which causes congestion.
Although "congestion" is referred to, the study really misses the point that there is an urgent economic need to relieve serious pinch point congestion spots.
What are the aims of such a scheme if they are not to release the pinch point and the congestion?
I have considered the position of the pinch point at the southern end of the village, because this is something that occurs in different parts of the country.
Housing is a particularly acute pinch point.
