Better Transport

4 January: The Highways Agency is planning to spend £1.3 billion widening the A14, and wants your opinion. If you agree with us that sustainable transport would be a better investment, you have just two more days to let them know.

The plans would see a major new road carving through the Cambridgeshire countryside, with substantial road building on the surrounding roads. Not only would it massively increase CO2 emissions and traffic levels, but even after building the road it would still take longer to drive between Cambridge and Huntingdon than it did ten years ago.

Worse, transport budgets are likely to be cut severly over the next few years. Spending so much on one scheme means others - road, rail and bus, as well as flagship sustainable travel programmes - will have to be cut.

We've just finished our response, and sent it to the Highways Agency. The opportunity to have you say finishes on Wednesday, so you still have enough time to object to these ridiculous proposals.