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Foe slams super-motorway proposal
19 May 2002
Building a network of toll-paying super-motorways would be "an environmental disaster" Friends of the Earth said today. The Government is reported to be considering the proposals from Lord Birt, Tony Blair’s transport special advisor and "blue skies" thinker..
Tony Juniper, Policy Director of Friends of the Earth said:
"This plan seems to have come from the same John Birt patch of blue sky that brought so much harm to the BBC. Building a network of new super-motorways across the British countryside would be an environmental disaster. These new roads would simply encourage more people to use their cars and result more pollution and congestion. The Government should reject this nonsense immediately."
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