Friends of the Earth: England: South West: Campaigns: Transport

Transport in the South West

South West Friends of the Earth is concentrating on two main transport campaigning issues:

Growth in road transport
Aviation expansion

Road expansion

The draft Regional Plan, seeks "to maintain the reliability of journey times into and out of the region".

This includes plans for the creation of a "Second Strategic Route" to the South West by dualling the whole of the A303.

Further Information

Read about the scrapping of plans to expand the A303 at Stonehenge
Read about how the Blackdown Hills were saved from expansion of the A303.

Aviation expansion

The Regional Assembly is proposing an expansion of Bristol, Exeter and Bournemouth airports.

It claims that by developing local airports it will "deliver some sustainability benefits" by reducing the distance people travel to airports. This ignore the role of airports in climate change.

Airport sign

Overall, the region’s airports are forecast to grow from 4.5 million passengers per year in 2000 to almost 20 million passengers per year by 2030.

Take action:

Join the No Bristol Airport expansion campaign

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