No Widening M1 Alliance today unfurled banners across the M1 motorway at Luton, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. This coincided with the publication of the Stern report which warned of the disastrous consequences of climate change.

Widening of the M1 is planned to take place from Luton right up to Leeds, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield and Shefield, at the collosal cost of £3.74 billion.

Banners read "Climate Emergency" and "More roads = more cars".

Currently road transport accounts for 21 per cent of UK CO2 emissions (excluding international aviation). Traffic and CO2 are predicted to rise massively in the next 20 years. The Highways Agency admit that widening of the M1 between junctions 21-30 will increase CO2 by over 21 per cent.

The widening can be stopped. Community groups have formed along the entire length to unite to defeat the proposals. Get involved! Recently a new parallel M6 motorway between Birmingham and Manchester was defeated because of campaigning.

See No Widening M1 Alliance website:  http://www.nowideningm1.org.uk

for photos (soon) see:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/m1oct30

For national roads campaign see: www.roadblock.org.uk

For the M6 campaign see:  http://nom6e.blogspot.com

For BBC coverage see:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6098408.stm