Welcome news indeed! Destroying ancient woodland for the sake of wider roads is an insane act. Half of Britain's ancient woodland has been lost since the 1930's and we have one of the lowest levels of woodlands in Europe.
From the KM: "Long-awaited plans to dual the A21 in Kent have suffered a major setback after the government announced today it was postponing a public inquiry into the scheme because of the government's spending review. The news is a major blow and raises a serious question mark over the fate of the £125m scheme to improve the stretch of road between Tonbridge and Pembury."
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Showing posts with label A21. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A21. Show all posts
Friday, 11 June 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
A21 widening may be hit by spending cuts
At last, a silver lining in the spending cuts! Road chiefs are worried about their road building programme including the funding for the A21 widening. Spending £125m to destroy an ancient woodland for the sake of the car is plainly ridiculous but bizarrely our leaders can't see this.
Kent Greens have been fighting the road expansion of the A21. This is the comment from Hazel Dawe: "The A21 dualling scheme would require additional land including good quality arable farmland and ancient woodlands. There are no circumstances under which we would support the allocation of these two types of land to new trunk road building or widening anywhere in Kent. "
Kent Greens have been fighting the road expansion of the A21. This is the comment from Hazel Dawe: "The A21 dualling scheme would require additional land including good quality arable farmland and ancient woodlands. There are no circumstances under which we would support the allocation of these two types of land to new trunk road building or widening anywhere in Kent. "
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