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Residents shown planned road route
Monday 26th April 2010, 11:57AM BST.
Shrewsbury residents saw for themselves the landscape which campaigners say could be lost forever if a controversial £102 million North West Relief Road is built, as they turned out to support a picnic to highlight the fears.
Walkers went from Corporation Lane for a picnic organised by the Shrewsbury Friends of the Earth yesterday, to view where the proposed road could go.
The group organised the walk so that anyone who doesn’t know the route of the proposed road could see “how delightful” an area it is.
The event started at 12noon and saw people take part in a half-hour walk up the lane passing Ice Age kettle holes and the old river bed before reaching the picnic site on the route of the proposed road at Cross Hill. They then returned by the same route or via Ellesmere road. Dave Green, Shrewsbury Friends of the Earth spokesman, said: “The walk has been an opportunity for people to ask us why we oppose the proposed road.”
Mr Green added: “We don’t believe this road is necessary, it would despoil wonderful and unique landscapes.” Shropshire Council are currently running a consultation on the proposed scheme.
Shrewsbury Friends of the Earth are urging people to find out more about the plans and take part in the consultation.
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Look, we need this road and Shrewsbury needs this road. Its not going to do any harm at all. More harm will be done in the town from pollution and traffic if they don’t build the road.
People need to see the common sense side of things in regards to this road. They will only go and moan about it if it doesn’t get built, so put up and shut up please its getting boring now.
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the countryside is irreplacable, this is particularly sensitive with a SSSI and nature reserve on the line here, we must not build this and we cannot afford it anyway
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Friends of the Earth tried to stop the M40 and they tried to stop the Newbury bypass but still they went ahead.
You cannot stop progress but you can be sympathetic with the planning and route of the bypass which will go ahead.
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Big turn out then it would seem, twenty or so
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I take it this bunch of hippies don’t get stuck in traffic on that side of town on a friday afternoon then. What they fail to realise is that the whole area would be far quieter if everyone wasn’t trying to squeeze through the oxbow
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Traffic in the town is no worse (and probably a lot better) than towns of a similar size. This so called ‘congestion problem’ means that drivers might occasionally be stuck in their cars for about 30 seconds before moving. Poor dears – why don’t they invest in chain saws, cut down every tree in the town and cover the landscape in motorways – only then can they be happy.
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There were more of us there than those pictured, mark.
Also, there are other, cheaper, non-road methods of cutting congestion, which are more appropriate for an age of peak oil and climate change.
See the thread here for a discussion of these: http://www.shropshirestar.com/latest/2009/06/02/decision-due-on-100m-relief-road/
Would it not be wise to spend our scarce funds on those?
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I don’t deny that the environment should be given consideration. There is no reason why a tunnel can not be built and carbon emissions could then be extracted and contained. It was very short sighted of the government to commission the Beaching report given the importance of Shrewsbury’s canal and rail network but unfortunately that was public opinion at the time. As for “peak oil” that is a term used by the west because we have used all our own resources and we know full well that we will have to deal with the east as they have a vast wealth of minerals and fossil fuel. When India, China and South America decide to join in and have their own industrial revolution to extract and expand economically, then i think you may have an itch to scratch. As for dwindling fossil fuels. Try looking under the permafrost of Siberia.
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im against it for cost reasons, rather use the money to pay off the local and national debt
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There IS a reason why your tunnel idea won’t work, mark.
No government in its right mind would squander scarce cash on a project like that just to cut a few minutes off people’s journeys for a few years.
It’s surely more sensible, considering the state of the country’s finances, to cut congestion (and carbon) with other CHEAPER, non-road methods.
Diverting scarce funds into those could continue the process of making our local transport system more sustainable and better prepared for peak oil and rapidly rising fuel prices.
I outlined some of these alternatives in this discussion thread on the road (http://www.shropshirestar.com/latest/2009/07/29/we-want-answers-on-bypass-questions/ #1).
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