Roads programme crumbles but
Governent fudges M6 widening

 

Despite claiming victory as the roads programme was drastically reduced in the region, West Midlands FOE said the Government should not have fudged axing the controversial and expensive widenings of the M6 and M42 by putting them on the back burner. They welcomed plans to drop the Hereford bypass. FoE say the decision to investigate the M6 corridor further should concentrate on alternatives, such as the West Coast Mainline, consistent with the aim of reducing traffic levels set out in the recently produced White Paper. FoE say continued uncertainty about the widenings increases the time that local people have to live under the shadow of a massive road building project bringing misery and blight to local communities already experiencing the problems of noise and pollution from the existing road

 

Gerald Kells of West Midlands Friends of the Earth said

"The government has realised that we cannot go on building more and more roads. This is fantastic news. They should bite the bullet as soon as possible and finally scrap the motorway widening programme. This fudge prolongs the misery endured by the communities living along side the proposed superhighway."

 

CONTACTS

Gerald Kells Friends of the Earth West Midlands Transport Campaign: 01922 636601

FOE Midlands Press Office: 0121 643 9117

 

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