75 campaigners sent a message to this pro-road building Tory government - Don't trash our countryside. Meeting at three rail stations on the south coast on Saturday (Sept 24 '11) - the three groups converged at the threatened Combe Haven Valley in a protest against the proposed £100m Bexhill Bypass.
Anti-Bexhill Bypass Protest
The Bexhill Bypass would destroy one of the most unspoilt and tranquil areas in the South East, home to badgers, bats, lapwings...
It is one of 45 road-building schemes - carmageddons - which are competing for a giant pot of government cash.
Recommendations will be made in December with final Transport Dept decisions in Jan '12.
Retrogade planning decisions which will lead to more traffic: so East Sussex County Council’s plans show that there will be 14% more traffic in Hastings and Bexhill with the new road than without it.
And that's the same with bypasses up and down the country - Newbury etc etc.
Cheaper and more sustainable ways NOW! - walking, cycling and public transport.
Don't lose countrysides and futures in the 2010's. Fight back...
It is one of 45 road-building schemes - carmageddons - which are competing for a giant pot of government cash.
Recommendations will be made in December with final Transport Dept decisions in Jan '12.
Retrogade planning decisions which will lead to more traffic: so East Sussex County Council’s plans show that there will be 14% more traffic in Hastings and Bexhill with the new road than without it.
And that's the same with bypasses up and down the country - Newbury etc etc.
Cheaper and more sustainable ways NOW! - walking, cycling and public transport.
Don't lose countrysides and futures in the 2010's. Fight back...
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Smash the Carmageddon
26.09.2011 16:44
JS Dean's "Murder Most Foul", which highlights the link between automobiles and Fascism (among other things):
and...
Ivan Illich's "Tools for Conviviality" - which says that the most efficient speed for society is the speed of a bicycle.
Lets start this thing.......
twinkle little *
£millions poured into roads whilst huge cuts happening...
27.09.2011 19:50
Some of these road schemes are extremely controversial and damaging like the Norwich Northern Distributor Road, the Kingskerswell Bypass (South Devon Link Road) and the South Bristol Link Road.
The councils pushing these road schemes are pouring millions of pounds of their own funds into their pet schemes to reduce the funding requirement from DfT and make them seem more attractive. The figures are obscene. For instance, whilst Devon County Council are putting in £31 million of their own funds to keep this road alive, they have slashed their own budget by £63million and 1740 jobs have been lost within the council.
Campaign for Better Transport has produced comprehensive information about these schemes and an interactive Google map. Please take a look
Becca
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